TL;DR Review: Somber and serious military history…as told by sarcastic teenagers? A tonal change to the Black Company I loved! Synopsis: The Black Company has retreated across the plain of glittering stone, toward a shadow gate that would let them trade the dangers of the plain for the questionable safety of the Company’s one-time haven […]
Military Fantasy
Book Review: Ironbound (Ironbound, Book 1) by Andrew Givler
Full transparency: I’m the Director of Publicity for Aethon Books. However, this review is 100% honest, unbiased, and based solely on my reading experience. TL;DR Review: Addictive, fast-paced, and beautifully dark. A progression fantasy I’m still thinking about weeks after reading! Synopsis: Arcane Ascension meets The Blade Itself in the epic fantasy adventure IRONBOUND, where the will to survive – […]
Review: The Sovereign (Magic of the Lost, Book 3) by C.L Clark
The Sovereign brings princess Luca and soldier Touraine together one last time in the thrilling conclusion to C. L. Clark’s beloved queer political fantasy trilogy. Luca is the new queen of Balladaire. Her empire is already splintering in her hands. Her uncle wasn’t the only traitor in the court, and the Withering plague will decimate her people […]
Review: Only A Grave Will Do (Malitu #3) James Lloyd Dulin
Synopsis On the march towards war, blood is both a promise and a gamble. Newly dubbed the Hero of Anilace, Kaylo is thrust into leading a rebellion against insurmountable odds. His people are dying, if not in labor camps, in occupied cities as everything that makes them Ennean is stripped away. In two generations, the […]
Review: The Last Gasp Of Midnight by Thomas Howard Riley
Synopsis A duel to the death in three parts. A conversation of sorts between the last two men left alive after a brutal battle. One soldier from each side. Both want to survive. Neither can walk away. In a story of battle, everything is a weapon. Even memories. Review I won a copy of this […]
Guest Review: An Inkling of Flame: A Song of the Damned novella by Z.B. Steele
Synopsis Tell me how it happened… Layne was a soldier, conscripted to fight under the Fox in a vengeance fueled march. He, and his friends, were due for a fated confrontation, one that has ended in blood and loss. Now, the inquisitors want to hear every detail of his conscription, his training, and the duel […]
Review: The Rest to the Gods (The Song of the Sleepers #0.5) by Joshua Walker
The introduction to Joshua Walker’s epic fantasy series, this is a story of political unrest and self acceptance—all in a stunning and original setting.
Review: The Price of Power (Dreams of Dust and Steel #1) by Michael Michel
Synopsis “This book feels like a worthy successor to some of the greats of fiction, including Malazan, A Song of Ice and Fire, and Wheel of Time.” – Andy Peloquin, author of Darkblade Prince Barodane could not hold back the darkness. Not even in himself. He laid an innocent city in its grave and then died a […]
Review: Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II edited by Henry Herz
Synopsis Combat Monsters brings together twenty award-winning and bestselling speculative fiction authors who each bring their own spin on an alternate history of World War II. New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets—both the Allied and Axis special operations during World War II included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the […]
Book Review: Grave Empire (The Great Silence Book #1) by Richard Swan
TL;DR Review: Bigger, more epic, and far more horror-drenched. A brilliant start to a tonally different but no-less-engaging new trilogy in one of my new favorite fantasy worlds. Synopsis: Blood once turned the wheels of empire. Now it is money. A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take […]
Review: The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills
Synopsis: Zenya was a teenager when she ran away to join the mechanically-modified warrior sect. She was determined to earn mechanized wings and protect the people of Radezhda, the city she loved. Under the strict tutelage of a mercurial, charismatic leader, Vodaya, Zenya finally became Winged Zemolai. But after twenty-six years of service, Zemolai is […]
Book Review: Hidden Queen (The Nightfall Saga #2) by Peter V. Brett
TL;DR Review: Diversity and neurodiversity utilized to marvelous effect, wrapped up in a violent, epic, complex, colorful, insanely epic dark fantasy story. Synopsis: Humanity thought the war with demonkind was over. Now, after humanity has had less than a generation to rebuild, the demon corelings have returned with a vengeance. The Spear of Ala—the fortress […]