Tinker Tailor Stellar Spy Synopsis Devoted mother and career woman. A sleeper agent, poised to act. Tessa lives a double life. She’s the security counselor to Finn, the leader of the planet. He’s her ex-husband and father of her children. She’s still in love with him. But she has a far worse problem. Tessa is […]
Science Fantasy
Review: Bolted to the Bone by Bart Carroll
Synopsis: Infusing Celtic legend into science fantasy… Despite being mortal enemies, a saint and her disgraced former commander must solve the mystery of a failing sky and find the missing children of their shattered world. A panel of the artificial sky has fallen; a market town below suddenly destroyed. And while everyone on the Emerald—this […]
Shadows Upon Time (Sun Eater #7) by Christopher Ruocchio
Synopsis The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen. The trumpet sounds. The end has come at last. After his victory at Vorgossos, Hadrian Marlowe finds himself a fugitive, on the run […]
Review: Shattered by Nicholas W. Fuller
Synopsis oey Targe’s job was to stand at attention and look good in a uniform unless someone earned themselves an ass kicking. He spent years climbing the ranks to be a Master Sergeant in the Sorento Royal Senate Guard and now has the top tier gig – he’s Guardian to High Senator Sara Brand, one […]
Review: Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman
Synopsis: It’s Murder on the Orient Express with witches, for fans of VE Schwab, Leigh Bardugo, Courtney Smyth, as well as Agatha Christie. A blend of fantasy and Golden Age crime, set in an unforgiving landscape that steams with sulphur and bubbles with lava. The Linde siblings—Kellen, Davina, and Morel—are anxious to return to the […]
Review: Outer Universe (Inner Universe #2) by Natalie Kelda
Synopsis: With immense losses, Merlon and his crew have escaped the cannibals of Ivory, but now they are stuck in the wrong universe with no idea which way home lies. There is no time for grieving when it’s discovered Lucia’s rough flight through the enormous asteroid field has resulted in most of their precious water storage spilling. […]
Review: River in the Galaxy (Inner Universe #1) by Natalie Kelda
Synopsis: When Merlon’s parents disappeared, his world fell apart. When his best friend died, he lost the ability to enjoy life. For Captain Merlon Ricosta, Lanier’s death, two years prior, feels like yesterday. But when a map from his parents is discovered, he decides to push aside his grief to get closure and follow the […]
Review: City Of All Seasons by Aliya Whiteley and Oliver K. Langmead
Synopsis Welcome to Esther Pike’s Fairharbour — a city stuck in constant summer, its walls crumbling in the heat, its oppressive sunlight a relentless presence. Welcome to Jamie Pike’s Fairharbour — a city stuck in perpetual winter, its windows and doorways bricked shut to keep out the freezing cold, its residents striving to survive in […]
Review: Nothing Ever Ends (The Eververse #3) by Darby Harn
Synopsis: The fate of the multiverse rests in Abi’s hands. She’s already run for the door. Abi runs so fast she skips across universes. That came in handy when she burned down her life with her girlfriend, Kit. Ever since, Abi has been running from reality to reality, starting over with a different Kit. When […]
Review: The Judgment of Valene (The Eververse #2) by Darby Harn
Synopsis: Wealth. Privilege. Superpowers. Valene has it all… including a target on her back. Valene Blackwood hears everything, everywhere, always. Her superhuman sonic abilities cause her so much pain she flees to a space station to find peace. When her father dies, she must return and take over the family business – selling superhuman protection […]
Review: Ever the Hero (The Eververse #1) by Darby Harn
Synopsis: What happens when you don’t pay your superhero bill? Kit Baldwin is just trying to get by. Rent is due. Food would be nice. A girlfriend, maybe. When she stumbles upon a crashed alien spaceship’s power source, she gets more than she ever bargained for. The alien artifact draws the attention of Valene, Kit’s […]
Review: Monstress, Volume 9: The Possessed (Monstress) by Marjorie Liu and Illustrated by Sana Takeda
Synopsis Maika, Kippa, and Ren return to their own world to discover a full year has passed in their absence—and Zinn is back in the clutches of Maika’s father, the megalomaniacal Lord Doctor. From the relative safety of the pirate-controlled Spice Islands, Maika and her friends must regroup, recover, and find a way stop the […]