Synopsis: Misha is a jaded scriptwriter who has been working in Hollywood for years, and has just been nominated for his first Oscar. But when he’s pressured by his producers to kill off a gay character in the upcoming season finale―”for the algorithm”―Misha discovers that it’s not that simple. As he is haunted by his […]
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Review: The Devising (The Dark Oak Chronicles #3) by Jacob Sannox
Synopsis The Third and Final Book of The Dark Oak Chronicles.After all of the victories and the losses, with fortresses toppled and armies broken, a once united human realm has been shattered; its people scattered within unending forests.Dark Oak, former King of the Dryads, stands ready to unleash his forces against not only humanity, but […]
Review: The Devil By Name by Keith Rosson
Synopsis Five years after a powerful broadcast turned a sizable portion of the world’s population bloodthirsty and mad, communities have begun the slow steps of righting themselves. John Bonner monitors activity in the walled “fever house” of Portland, Oregon, while Katherine Moriarty has fled to the East Coast in an attempt to build a new […]
Review: Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Synopsis A chilling horror novel about a haunting, told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box “A disturbed bedtime story told by a broken child, this book is the monster that lives inside your closet.”—Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling […]
Review: Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren
Synopsis: “Keep the door locked night and day…” It’s been forty years since Becky Sharp’s mother vanished without a trace. Becky has given up all hope of finding her, until she makes a strange discovery that may hold the key to solving her mother’s disappearance. Three unmarked videotapes, hidden in the wall of her childhood […]
Review: Red Season Rising (The Red Season Series #1) by D.M. Murray
Synopsis A feud between Gods.A nation besieged by armies of man, and demon.A man seeking redemption, and peace. Kalfinar is a grieving addict. Once a decorated and respected soldier, he has been demoted and disgraced.The relative peace of his half-life is shattered by the onset of chaos and war.Tormented by visions, he is marked for […]
Review: Dark Heart of Ilmoure by Cara N. Delaney
Synopsis Years ago, all she wanted was to leave. Now, a web of secrets might ensnare her forever. When Iris Grey returns to her hometown of Ilmoure years after a bitter parting, she hopes for reconciliation in the face of a tragedy. Instead, she arrives to a town changed for the worse, a cold welcome […]
REVIEW: Children of the Dark (Children of the Dark #1) by Jonathan Janz
SYNOPSIS Will Burgess is used to hard knocks. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and charged with raising his six-year-old sister, Will has far more to worry about than most high school freshmen. To make matters worse, Mia Samuels, the girl of Will’s dreams, is dating his worst enemy, the most sadistic […]
Review: Harvest Nights by Ahmed H. Alameen
Synopsis “A Lovecraftian horror tale inspired by Native American Myths and colonial times” Harvest Nights is a story told through a young boy named Chua (Snake), who narrates the story of how the days were gone and replaced by nights when a strange shooting star appeared in the sky in 1811 Colonial America (Great Comet […]
Review: Sealed Empire by Norbert Zsivicz
-Norbert Zsivicz first book, the Hungarian Literary Award winner Sealed Empire now available in English by the famous translator Tamás Pétersz (Game of Thrones). Blurb Ser Edward, an experienced sailor, embarks on perhaps the most daring expedition of the Kingdom of Esenworth so far. His mission is to try to earn the blessing of the […]
Review: A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
Synopsis: It is an unusual thing, to live in a botanical garden. But Simon and Gregor are an unusual pair of gentlemen. Hidden away in their glass sanctuary from the disapproving tattle of Victorian London, they are free to follow their own interests without interference. For Simon, this means long hours in the dark basement […]
REVIEW: The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy #3) by Stephen Graham Jones
SYNOPSIS The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice—only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones’s finale. It’s […]