Synopsis: The wars of old against the tide-caller cultists have left Inquisitor Vorain crippled and forlorn. Over the decades of commanding the dark tower, he has found his life fading into obscurity. But that changes when a mysterious presence begins to interfere with his investigation in the shadows of the night. Once feared, now forgotten, […]
Fantasy
Review: Cello’s Gate (The Sky Pirates of Imperia #1) by Maurice Africh
Synopsis: With a wit to rival Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl, action on par with Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and the scope of Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, Cello’s Gate is a rollicking, edge-of-your-seat sci-fi fantasy epic about a ragtag crew of rogues on the hunt for mythic treasure. They did not, however, sign up […]
Review: The Inside Story of the British Bureau for the Arcane: the Dark Elf Dynasty File by Phil Parker (The Inside Story of the British Bureau for the Arcane #1)
Synopsis The British Bureau for the Arcane has kept people safe for centuries from the arcane species that seek to harm human beings. Their range extends to Commonwealth nations that were part of the British Empire. A once-proud part of the British Secret Service, their success in controlling the arcane races has been their downfall. […]
Review: Truth to Power: A Luke Cage Marvel Crime Novel by S.A. Cosby
Synopsis: Luke Cage plays detective and super hero when he uncovers a conspiracy turning vulnerable Americans into unwitting pawns of a madman. New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby (King of Ashes) writes an original crime novel starring Harlem’s unbreakable hero for the Marvel Crime thriller series for adult audiences. With advanced cybernetics showing […]
Review: Blood of Tomorrow by Robert W. Riley
Synopsis Steel is honest. Blood is timeless. The Cycles repeat. The Grey Army arrives without warning—silent, relentless, leaving no dead behind. They did not come to conquer. They came to harvest the Tithe: human lives taken to fuel a forbidden magic the world has forgotten. As the High Marshal fights a hopeless war against an impossible commander, Knight Commander […]
Review: Acts of Deicide by L.E. Garrison
Synopsis: 300 years ago, a god was murdered. Blue, once the deity’s most faithful general, made immortal through her service, has wandered the fractured land ever since. Her inability to die is a curse she strives to end. Chance has her collide with Sarai, a guard captain who possesses an ancient memoir detailing the events […]
Review: Symphony of Scars by Corbin Rook
Synopsis Far outside the Sundered Lands, the Holy Republic of Kellanis has learned to channel the Astral Plane through music in a process called “Symphonics.” Music is so sacred that the gravest punishment is to become Scorned – a slave stripped of their ears and tongue so that they can neither enjoy nor create music. […]
Review: The Reflections of Lilje Damselfly (Folk With a Disregard for Convention #1) by Natalie Kelda
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly reads like literary fiction, with a touch of fantasy. It’s a story of healing, belonging, and love.
Review: Scorpion Deep by CG Drews
Synopsis: A dark, intoxicating and deeply unsettling queer YA horror about a lonely boy and a sinister sea god risen from the deep, from the New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Let the Forest In and Hazelthorn. Perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge. The only thing Jonathan wants from the mouldering isle of Kelcarrow […]
Review: The Lepidopterist’s Beautiful Daughter by David Rae
Synopsis Born to wealth and stifling privilege, Tito lives a cocooned life of luxury and dull Edwardian convention. Groomed to follow a career in the church, he finds joy in the unlikeliest of places: Vanessa Agnew, the daughter of a once renowned professor who studies butterflies and moths. Yet, just as Tito wins her hand, […]
Review: The Worth of Scars: 1 (The Scarred Saga) by Gabriel Farrell
Synopsis: A bookworm, a brothel madam, a gangster, an aristocrat, a widow and a war hero walk into an inn – though it turns out there’s nothing funny about what happens next. For humanity’s ancient enemy the Serafin are rumoured to have returned, and the old man who assembled such an unlikely band believes these […]
Review: The Way of Edan by Philip Chase (The Edan Trilogy #1)
Synopsis Holy war. Magic rooted in empathy and transcendence. Fantasy creatures as never seen before. The Kingdom of the Eternal will awaken when the Way of Edan holds sway over all of Eormenlond. So say the prophecies. With unrivalled power in the gift, the Supreme Priest Bledla leads Torrlond and its mighty army to convert […]