Synopsis: No Mercy, No Questions Asked. Cork has quickly made a name for himself among the Kosellan mercenaries, but now his boss has come to him with an unusual job. Cork’s erstwhile countrymen, the Winn, have hired him to travel into the barren Frozen Lands and destroy a convoy, leaving only one survivor. Cork isn’t […]
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Review: Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me (Dark Lord Davi #2) by Django Wexler
Synopsis: Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology. Davi has left the horde behind her, hoping to find a peaceful solution to keep the Kingdom from being destroyed this time. But her plan to […]
Review: Parasitic Omens (A Gods of Dallalmar story) by Jessica A. McMinn
Omen to this Synopsis In the world of the occult, new is never good. As one of Copperton’s hardworking investigators, Lawrence Reed has seen it all: vampires, werewolves, warlocks and witches. When a monstrous creature crawls from the corpse of a mutilated girl, Law is determined to find answers—with or without payment. Ignoring advice to […]
Review: The Walled City (The Triempery Revelations #5) by L.L. Stephens
Synopsis: Even Time won’t stop him… As the god-infected sorcerer Nammuor continues his conquest of the Triempery, the rightful heir to Essera’s throne, Handurin Stauberg Randolph, has raised a ragtag army of Khelds to resist. Handurin’s alliance with Dorilian Sordaneon seems shattered as Dorilian is forced to flee north–but Handurin isn’t counting Dorilian out. Indeed, […]
Review: Eyes of Empire (Hybrid Helix #5) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis A baby dreadnought is terrorizing two star systems. A new wormhole has been opened, a new planetary system revealed, populated by a strange and impossible race. A mad god is on the loose. The il’Drach have destroyed an entire planet. They are on their way to Wistful. Rohan just wants a peaceful day of […]
Review: Lancelot by Giles Kristian
Synopsis: In Britain, Rome’s legions are but a distant memory. And Uther Pendragon is dying. Enemies stalk the land. Into this uncertain world a boy is cast – an outsider, plagued by memories of those he’s lost. Under the watchful eye of Merlin, the boy begins his journey to manhood. He meets another outcast, Guinevere […]
Review: Unfortunate by Ayrton Silva
Synopsis: Wealth, power, and an easy life. Vaz had it all, but nothing could satisfy him. He always wanted more. When one of his plans makes his boss finally decide he is a threat, Vaz finds himself with only two options: to roll over and die, or to roll the dice. Literally. Due to an […]
Review: Dance With Me by Livia J Elliot
Synopsis: Dance With Me is a standalone literary fantasy themed around surviving emotional trauma, discovering one’s self-worth, overcoming depression and the toxicity of self-imposed perfectionism. It is told through the story of a ceramic ballerina enchanted to life through elven magic, and is presented as a clean fairy tale fantasy. Review: To step through the pages of […]
Review: World of Warcraft: The Voices Within Short Story Collection
Synopsis: From deep beneath the surface of Azeroth, a mysterious voice cries out for heroes. But before these brave souls heed the call, they must answer to their own voices within . . . . • Anduin’s wanderings at last lead him to the solitude he seeks, until his peace is shattered in a heartrending […]
Review: Vampire Metropolis by Robin Brown
Synopsis: Hi, I’m Caiden, I look nineteen, but I’m actually a two-hundred-year-old vampire… and I’ve just been kicked out of a plane and dropped into a walled-off prison city for the world’s fantasy creatures. Welcome to Vampire City! A sprawling metropolis of segregated boroughs, desperate poverty and tyrannical vampire overlords who feed upon their lowly […]
Review: Norylska Groans by Michael R Fletcher and Clayton W Snyder
Synopsis Norylska Groans…with the weight of her crimes. In a city where winter reigns amid the fires of industry and war, soot and snow conspire to conceal centuries of death and deception. Norylska Groans…and the weight of a leaden sky threatens to crush her people. Katyusha Leonova, desperate to restore her family name, takes a […]
Review: Shapers of Worlds, Volume V (Short Story Collection by Various Authors)
Synopsis: From outer space to inner space, from realms of the never-were to those of the here-and-now and the soon-to-be, the twenty-four authors in this fifth and final collection of science fiction and fantasy by writers featured on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers plunge readers into fantastic worlds filled with unforgettable characters. Teenagers are disappearing in […]