Synopsis After a tragic accident ends Sampson’s life, he’s given a second chance by Aki, the grim reaper in a tracksuit. Aki, a fellow fan of Sampson’s favorite light novel series “My Royal Academia,” offers to help him, but only if he agrees to save the story from its hiatus. Reincarnated into the very real […]
Fantasy
Review: Hall of Bones (The Brotherhood of the Eagle #1) by Tim Hardie
Synopsis In the remote land of Laskar the seven ruling clans have vied with each other for power for over a century. The son of the Reavesburg Clan Chief, Rothgar, has been groomed all his life for a role supporting his elder brother, Jorik, in leading their kingdom when their father’s time finally comes to […]
Review: The Price of Piety (A” Shadow of the Collegiate Short Story) by DB Rook
Synopsis Not afraid to get their hands dirty, a crew of miscreant thieves go after the font of all wealth, buried somewhere deep in the guts of the revered Collegiate.Powerful sorcery, guardians in the dark, and latrine duty stand against the dysfunctional gang.Only a vague sense of camaraderie, loosely bound with spit, laziness and greed, […]
Review: No Heart For A Thief (Malitu Book 1) by James Lloyd Dulin
Synopsis: The Thief, a great spirit, and her descendants have abused their ability to steal magic for centuries. When Kaylo starts to hear the song of other people’s magic, he must learn to hide from his people as well as the invaders. A gift or a curse, Kaylo may be able to save his people […]
Review: Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles #1) by Ed Mcdonald
Synopsis From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing trilogy comes Ed McDonald’s Daughter of Redwinter, the first of a brilliant fantasy series about how one choice can change a universe. Raine can see–and more importantly, speak–to the dead. It’s a wretched gift with a death sentence that has her doing many dubious things to save […]
Review: Bastards of Liberty(The Conspiracy of Crows #1) by Matthew Zorich
Synopsis In the heart of the Holy Imperium, a family’s lives are shattered. Runt Ashburn, the youngest of three siblings, journeys to seek his father needing answers. His sister Alsyha, now an indentured servant to blacksmiths, plots her escape and revenge. At the same time, the oldest, Ashburn Benjamin, juggles the life of a soldier […]
Review: The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
Summary: The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled […]
Review: Lotus Lake (Rise of the Mystic Mage) by Jay Boyce
Synopsis Reborn five years in the past. A second chance to do everything over. What would you do? For Ashlyn, being reborn five years in the past is both a boon and a bane. She’s reborn in the wreckage of tragedy, forced to deal with a life that she messed up before. Now, all she […]
Review: The Definition of Vengeance (The Serpent Knight Saga #3) by Kevin Wright
Synopsis The small village of Untheim has a big problem. Folk go missing with alarming frequency. Even more alarming? They turn up dead. And a young girl’s just disappeared. Sir Luther Slythe Krait also has a big problem. He’s stuck in Untheim. Penniless and poor and on his last legs, Sir Luther shoulders the task […]
Review: The Warrior Prophet (The Prince of Nothing Trilogy #2) by R. Scott Bakker
Synopsis “Book Two of The Prince of Nothing” finds the Holy War continuing its inexorable march southward. But the suspicion begins to dawn that the real threat comes not from the infidel but from within…Steering souls through the subtleties of word and expression, Kellhus strives to extend his dominion over the Men of the Tusk. […]
Review: The Darkness That Comes Before ( The Prince of Nothing Trilogy #1) by R. Scott Bakker
Synopsis The first book in R. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals. It’s a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both two thousand years past and two thousand years into the future, as untold […]
Review: Esrahaddon (The Rise and Fall #3) by Micheal J. Sullivan
Synopsis The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world’s greatest empire—but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree on three facts: He was exiled to the wilderness, hunted by a goblin priestess, and sentenced to death by a god—all before […]