Synopsis A silent killer stalks the slum towers of Death City. In the shadow of a drowned death god, a young soldier risks his life to solve a violent crime. To catch a killer, Soldier Honnan Skyin carves a bloody trail over the behemoth bones of a dead giant and through the deepest forest of a […]
Fiction
Review: Pyres in the Long Night by P.J. Nwosu
Synopsis A vast, rotting city set aflame by Purge House. A crowd gathers in the shadow of the Red Palace to watch the pyres burn. A bitter ex-soldier infiltrates the city’s greatest gold house, determined to locate the slave he seeks. Diem Lakein might not like what he finds. Welcome to the Red Kingdom. Pyres […]
Review: In Solitude’s Shadow (Empire of Ruin Series #1) by David Green.
Synopsis War Comes For Those Who Forge It. And It Never Forgives… Haltveldt is a nation built on bloodshed. With the Order of Sparkers brought to heel, Emperor Locke wields his mages – and their magic the Spark – like a weapon as he wages a war of genocide. But the enemies of his empire […]
Review: Welcome to Cemetery (The Cemetery Collection #1) by C.J. Daley
Synopsis: A strange town with a strange name, Cemetery, NY is filled with crime and secrets. When a car accident one fateful night leads to a search for two missing bodies, detectives Abby Williams – an almost-thirty year old with something to prove – and Ed Reyes – a jaded, senior officer with a career […]
Review: Curiouser And… by Jillian Maria
Synopsis: For sixteen years, Ashlyn Jones has heeded her parents’ warnings and followed their rules. But after taking a tumble in the forest, she awakens in a strange land where there are no rules—where signs lack direction, the sky hovers on the edge of night, and all paths lead to the glittering red palace of […]
Review: They of the West by Dani Finn
Synopsis: Dralen never could leave well enough alone. He knows better than to go near the canyons. That’s where the Logans live, wild men of the hills said to devour lone travelers in frenzied midnight feasts. But the mysterious cloaked figure he saw down by the canyons had to be there for a reason. And […]
Review: Legacy Of Ghosts (The Coraidic Sagas #2) by Alicia Wanstall-Burke
Synopsis Four years have passed since Lidan’s world was ripped apart, and time is running out to change her father’s mind about the succession before the bargain with her mother expires. Torn between what she wants and what she knows is right, she is faced with an impossible choice; will her brother live, or will […]
Review: Thrum by Meg Smitherman
Synopsis Ami awakes from years in stasis to find she’s at the edges of deep space, and the only surviving member of her crew. Utterly alone and unable to contact Earth, she sends out a distress beacon, not expecting a response. When she gets one from a being who calls himself Dorian, she’s welcomed onto […]
Review: The Humane Society for Creatures & Cryptids by Stephanie Gillis
Summary: The Lambros family has never fit in with the town of Pandora, even from the very beginning. Since their ancestors immigrated from Greece with magical creatures in tow, the townsfolk have never trusted them and that hasn’t changed in the centuries since. Now, Melpomene, Calliope, and Thalia struggle to live their every day lives. […]
Review: Dark Hope (A Carpathian Novel #38) by Christine Feehan
I was glad to see that even after all this time, the author maintains her writing quality throughout this series, even so many installments in. Truly, you always feel completely immersed in the settings and story because of her evocative and detailed writing.
Review: Jingle Hel by T.P. Theyson
Synopsis Long ago a dark elf entered the underworld to hold audience with Hel, the goddess of the dead. He offered her a proposition to make him King, one that she refused. Angered by this, the elf gathered an army formed out of greed of those who wished to overthrow the goddess and take what […]
Cover Reveal: The Diplomacy of the Knife (Four of Mercies #2) by C. M. Caplan
Hello again dear reader or listener! Tis a brand new year and guess what? I have brand new goodies. As a treat! As always, it is a pleasure helping our resident crackhead Golden Retriever energy levels co-blogger and Indie author, Connor M. Caplan, reveal his latest book cover. Rolls off the tongue nicely, doesn’t it?