Play of Shadows is many things, just like its crew of colourful characters, but most of all, it is a fast-paced joy-ride from start to finish, filled to the brim with swashbuckling action, multilayered protagonists, bombastic and/or bawdy personalities, and self-aware melodrama, that is in no way held back by the dark events and ominous foes it presents.
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Guest Review: The Sandbox (The Sandbox #1) by Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson
A gripping techno-thriller, The Sandbox presents a chilling cautionary narrative on the dangers of a sentient and uncontrolled A.I. to humanity. Andrews and Wilson have excelled with their latest literary endeavor. Best known for their TIER ONE military and THE SHEPHERDS faith-based, supernatural thriller series, the duo has again applied their usual strategic thinking to one of the most dynamic and controversial technological advancements of our time.
Book Review: Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
TL;DR Review: Bloody, brutal, and spectacular. Insanely action-packed with highly addictive characters and a gothic world that just keeps getting darker and more intriguing. Synopsis: From holy cup comes holy light;The faithful hands sets world aright.And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,Mere man shall end this endless night. Gabriel de León has saved the Holy Grail […]
Everything I read for SFINCS inaugural year!
Now that the first ever year of SFINCS is drawing to a close, I wanted to put together my own post collecting all of the novellas I read throughout the competition. I will re-share each read’s full review, with links to the originals (linked on the actual word ‘review‘ if I shared one to the […]
Review: Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima
Synopsis: At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughout her life and writes stories for him about things both impossible and true. Stories I Wrote for the Devil lures readers into surreal pockets of the United States and Brazil, where they’ll find bite-size Americans in vending […]
COVER REVEAL: No Happy Endings: A Grimdark Anthology by Armanis Arfeinial & Kieran Ferrara
Cover illustrator: Miblart | SitePublisher: Self-PublishedRelease Date: November 12, 2024Pre-Order Link: Amazon GoodReads: Add to Shelf Organized and arranged by Armanis Arfeinial and Kieran Ferrara, with editing from Kieran Ferrara Blurb Where fantasy and science fiction collide, seven gripping stories unfold, each filled with no shortage of grit, and happy endings are wanting. From barren wastelands […]
Review: Red Season Rising (The Red Season Series #1) by D.M. Murray
Synopsis A feud between Gods.A nation besieged by armies of man, and demon.A man seeking redemption, and peace. Kalfinar is a grieving addict. Once a decorated and respected soldier, he has been demoted and disgraced.The relative peace of his half-life is shattered by the onset of chaos and war.Tormented by visions, he is marked for […]
Review: The Blackest Heart (The Five Warrior Angels Trilogy #2) by Brian Lee Durfee
Synopsis Gladiator. Assassin. Thief. Princess. And the Slave. The Five Warrior Angels have been revealed, one by one the mystical weapons they once wielded are being found, and an ancient prophecy is finally being fulfilled. Or is it? For when it comes to recorded history, much is intended to manipulate and deceive. Returning to the […]
Review: Midwestern Gothic by Scott Thomas
Synopsis: In The Door in the Field, a construction worker’s bad day becomes a far worse night when drinks at an off-the-books bar send him down an unforeseeably bloody path. In The Boy in the Woods, something evil has infected the counselors at a summer camp, and a young boy will have to do anything he can […]
Review: Theft of Fire (Orbital Space #1) by Devon Eriksen
Synopsis At the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or their destruction—but only if they survive each other first. Marcus Warnoc has a little problem. His asteroid mining ship—his inheritance, his livelihood, and his home—has been hijacked by a pint-sized corporate heiress with enough blackmail material to […]
COVER REVEAL: Soul Cage (Soulbreaker #1) by L. R. Schulz
Cover illustrator: Nino Is | Twitter SitePublisher: Self | SiteRelease Date: May 28th, 2024Pre-Order Link: PREORDER NOW GoodReads: Link ARC Signups: STILL OPEN!! Link Blurb: Murder Breeds Magic All power comes with a price. In a world where magic is transferred by the act of killing another, Myddrin stands above the rest. Having accidentally killed the most powerful mage in all […]
Review: The Dark Feather (Songs of the Drowned Book 3) by Anna Stephens
You come at the Song, you better not miss Synopsis I’m not giving you a synopsis because the whole point of this review is I want anyone who’s not read the series yet to start now. For an overall series plot, see the review! Yeah, I’m a rebel. Just you try and stop me. Review […]