Synopsis Billions of years before the first Sentient life existed, The Keepers – the Children of Time – were stewards of the universe. Paschia, the most powerful Keeper of all, spent his life focused on only one thing: discovering his purpose. Through a series of journal entries, Paschia documented his awakening, growth, philosophy, and the […]
Sci-Fi Fantasy
Review: The Fall of Selvandrea by T.J. McKay
Synopsis: Remember the wolf. Remember what’s out there in the dark. Valdaris was a middling artillery captain before his people fell to a conquering rival. Then he fell further still, snatched from the battlefield by a ruthless cult and cast into the depths of ultimate evil. Transformed by powers he can’t begin to understand, Valdaris […]
Review: Dot Slash Magic by Liz Shipton
Synopsis: What if you wrote a magic computer program? What if that magic computer program started summoning monsters? When twenty-something coder Seven Jones goes back to school at a community college in San Diego, the last thing she wants is to join some stupid club. And the last thing she expects is to walk into […]
Review: A Dragon of the Veil by Nick Snape
Synopsis: Some lies are best left buried deep… Laoch, a ranger deeply scarred by the Unbeliever Crusades, seeks salvation in the dishonoured elven warrior, Sura. Together, they are thrust into a new conflict when a powerful enemy crashes into a Meister’s alchemical experiment, setting off a wave of fear and magic that ripples throughout the […]
Review: The L.O.V.E. Club by Lio Min
Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of Beating Heart Baby, an immersive novel following three estranged high schoolers who are pulled into a video game to pursue the disappearance of their friend Three years ago, Elle (the “E” in the self-proclaimed L.O.V.E. Club) disappeared from Calendula, an affluent Chinese American suburb in inland California. Soon afterward, […]
The Fall of Selvandrea (The Draemeir Chronicle #1) by Tim McKay
Synopsis: Remember the wolf. Remember what’s out there in the dark. Valdaris was a middling artillery captain before his people fell to a conquering rival. Then he fell further still, snatched from the battlefield by a ruthless cult and cast into the depths of ultimate evil. Transformed by powers he can’t begin to understand, Valdaris […]
Review: The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy #2) by James Islington
Synopsis: This highly anticipated follow-up to The Will of the Many—one of 2023’s most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels—follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could change the course of history across alternate dimensions. OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM. The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as […]
Review: Under The Oak (Book Three of the Interloper Trilogy) by Steven William Hannah
Series Synopsis: The Interloper Trilogy follows Bear, the last scientist among his people, trying to decipher the mystery behind the nameless horror that broke Earth, and took his father from him. Set against him are the forces of an angry, corrupted Mother Gaia, and the Dreamers, a cult that would like to see the last […]
Review: The Winds of Change (The Elements of Time 1) by Sam Paisley
Synopsis Book 1 of the award winning, international best-selling series: The Elements of Time Destiny, personal responsibility, what the future holds – common concerns for anyone graduating high school. But usually not because of a cosmic war between timeless beings where you’re the central player. As the end of school quickly approaches, and Cooper Bailey […]
Review: Isles of the Emberdark (Secret Project #5) by Brandon Sanderson
Synopsis: All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a traditional trapper of Aviar—the supernatural birds his people bond with—on the deadly island of Patji. Then one fateful night he propels his people into a race to modernize before they can be conquered by the Ones Above, invaders from the stars who want to […]
Review: The Godsblood Tragedy (Passage One of the Divine Godsqueen Coda) by Bill Adams
Synopsis: An orphan, without a trueborn name, returns to the city of her birth to uncover her past. Hounded by the servants of the Dark God and dying from the poisonous mist that covers the land, her path leads to one of the magical seals protecting the holy ruin of Eminence. A father, murdered and […]
Book Review: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
TL;DR: Van Helsing, but as played by a Murderbot-style ship’s AI, with the delightfully cozy and heartwarming flavor of Becky Chambers The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Synopsis: Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha […]