Synopsis Calla has no memories of her childhood except for hazy, recurring nightmares. Working as a servant in Kiriong, the picturesque terrace garden home to one of the most influential families in the Kamphua Dominion, she’s content to live a simple life. As long as no one finds out about the forbidden magic stirring under […]
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Review: The Horror in the Hills (Weird Tales of Argana Zeit Volume 3) by Owain Oakwood
Synopsis She’s impetuous, imperfect and impulsive, and he’s fearless, focused and furry. These traits propel Argana Zeit and her ghost-hunting dog Max into every mystery the town of Trotterwell has to offer. Unquiet phantoms, mischievous pranksters, restless hordes of fae, keepers of the dead and, naturally, a tribe descending from the ancient pre-Celtic Britons … […]
Outpost (Donovan #1) by W. Michael Gear
Synopsis Donovan is a world of remarkable wealth, a habitable paradise of a planet. It sounds like a dream come true. But Donovan’s wealth comes at a price. When the ship Turalon arrives in orbit, Supervisor Kalico Aguila discovers a failing colony, its government overthrown and the few remaining colonists now gone wild. Donovan offers […]
Review: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Synopsis SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MAIKA MONROE, THOMASIN MCKENZIE AND JASON ISSACS A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, TIME, Bookpage, and the Chicago Public Library • The American Booksellers Association’s #1 Indie Next Great Read for February 2025 “[A] savage thriller… Victorian Psycho offers a […]
Sword of Kaiden by M.L. Wang
Synopsis On a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name […]
Review: The Last Breath of Peace by Lewis J. Sutcliffe
Synopsis: In the deep quiet of the Whispering Wood, Sorin has made a life out of being forgotten. That silence shatters when a dying Elven messenger collapses at his door, carrying a sealed warning meant for a king who may already be too late to listen. Hunted by fanatics, shadowed by ancient powers, and burdened […]
Review: The Lion and the Deathless Dark (Crowns of Nyaxia #5) by Carissa Broadbent
Before reading this I was a certified Septimus hater, and I was desperately hoping that Broadbent would be able to change my mind. I’d always seen him as a villain in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, always being a bit creepy or trying to take things from others. I’m thrilled to say that I’m now a huge fan of Septimus. I basically fell for him at the same time as Kyrene.
The Worst Survive (Faergrowe book 1) By Phil Williams
Synopsis An Englishman, a freedom fighter and a scientist walk into a bar. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. It’s 2042 and this Englishman, he’s been through the wars. Scully just wants a drink and enough coin for another round. He doesn’t care for New Industry politics, gang wars or science projects that could […]
Review: The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims
Whether you’re looking for some good contemporary criticism to feel a little vindicated/seen for living through these Interesting Times while trying to pretend like life is normal instead of the insanity we’re all going through. Or whether you’re looking for a claustrophobic, sweltering, anxiety filled train ride that will get under your skin and have you shrinking away from or avoiding street grates and dark alleys, The Burn Line is for you and it will arrive at each station this August 25th via Poisoned Pen Press.
Review: The Rouse by China Miéville
Synopsis: From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy. Maur’s life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger […]
Review: Nightjars by Michael Wehunt
Synopsis Memento meets Dracula in this heart-thudding, unpredictable, and beautifully crafted novel of a man exposed for crimes he doesn’t remember committing, and the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all, from celebrated and critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt. On a rainy night, Luke Oshel gets stood up halfway through dinner. But before his date walks […]
Review: Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist
Home is where the heart attack is Synopsis After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old life. Here she could make real friends, find a job she loves, become a whole new person, even. But the solitary cottage is actually a […]