This is a brilliant beginning to a new horror fantasy trilogy that I really hope catches on, as I’d love to see more overt horror in the fantasy genre. Grave Empire rules, and you need to read it right now!
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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: Absolute Martian Manhunter #1
Synopsis: Beyond Mars…beyond physical form…beyond Human Understanding…all that’s left is the ultimate alien: the Absolute Martian Manhunter! Review: Why do people do what they do? That’s the question of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1, the boldest experiment in the Absolute DC initiative so far, and perhaps the strongest. Written by Deniz Camp with art – the […]
Review: The Sirens by Emilia Hart
Synopsis A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine 2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess […]
Review: A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Synopsis The brilliant detective Ana Dolabra may have finally met her match in the gripping sequel to The Tainted Cup—from the bestselling author of The Founders Trilogy. In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—abducted from his […]
GUEST REVIEW: The Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword by Dewey Conway & Bill Adams
Synopsis Finalist in the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 10th Edition (SPFBOX)! First Middle Grade Finalist in Competition history! Galdifort Quillpen has grand dreams of writing epic tales of heroic deeds, just like his famous aunt. Unfortunately, he’s been assigned to Tanna the Tendersword, an excruciatingly carefree would-be-champion who can’t seem to find a qualifying entry-level quest. […]
Review: Blood Reunion (Hybrid Helix #3) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis People are dying, their corpses left savaged and drained of blood. The obvious culprit: vampires. But vampires shouldn’t be able to sneak around Wistful undetected or shadowstep freely inside her body. Soon the station herself becomes oddly uncooperative, leaving Rohan and Wei Li bewildered and all her inhabitants in danger. Finding and defeating the […]
Review: The Crimson Fire (Memories of Kenjir Book 1) by Abel Montero
Synopsis Gods walk among men, but the empire they have forged is on the brink of collapse. As whispers of rebellion grow louder, Ensin Andik uncovers a sinister plot that threatens the very foundation of the divine reign. Every discovery pulls him deeper into a dangerous web, forcing him to confront truths that could shatter his unshakeable […]
Review: A Tide of Black Steel by Anthony Ryan
Synopsis From the international bestselling author Anthony Ryan comes the spectacular first novel in a new epic fantasy trilogy inspired by Norse mythology. A new age has dawned. An age of blood and steel. An age of wrath. “A gripping epic.” ––Publishers Weekly The land of Ascarlia, a fabled realm of bloodied steel and epic […]
Review: The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill
Synopsis: “You can never go home again,” the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to. In high school, the three were students of the eccentric Professor Marsh, trained in a secret system of magic known as the Dissonance, which is built around harnessing negative emotions: alienation, anger, pain. Then, twenty years ago, something happened that […]
Book Review: Advent (The Exlian Syndrome #1) by Seth Ring
TL;DR Review: Classic progression fantasy with a fun, unique sci-fi twist. Easy reading, great action, solid character work, and a whole lot of fun! Synopsis: All his life, Mark Fields has dreamed of joining the Defense Force to fight the vicious, alien Exlian, just like the rest of his renowned family. So far, he’s … […]
Review: Dreambound by Dan Frey
Summary: When Byron Kidd’s twelve-year-old daughter vanishes, the only clue is a note claiming that she’s taken off to explore the Hidden World, a magical land from a series of popular novels. She is not the only child to seek out this imaginary realm in recent years, and Byron—a cynical and hard-nosed reporter—is determined to […]