A deep and atmospheric eco-apocalyptic novella.
Reviews
Review: Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
Synopsis Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails […]
Review: Vampire: The Masquerade: Dark Prince by Keith Herber
Synopsis Vampire Cannibalism — The Ultimate Crime Sullivan was a working stiff, a before-the-mast sailor, when he was taken in by the Family almost 150 years ago. They gave him immortality — and an undying hunger for human blood. Since then, Sullivan has been on the prowl. And what better place for a night creature […]
Review: Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Synopsis Read it before you see it! Now a major motion picture from the teams behind Smile and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel In Adam Cesare’s terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress—that just may cost […]
ETHOS by Benjamin Aeveryn, E.J. Doble, James Lloyd Dulin, B.S.H. Garcia, Jonathan Neves Mayers, Morgan Shank
Synopsis An idea—one that spreads and takes root—is a dangerous thing. It can corrupt, betray, mislead. Reality warps under the weight of an idea firmly planted. Cultures and countries descend and die because of ideas. Those simple philosophies become gods. They become an Ethos. A dark fantasy anthology featuring six novelettes conjured by the Arcanist […]
Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1) by Susan Dennard
Synopsis In a continent on the edge of war, two witches hold its fate in their hands Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, the friends are forced to flee their home. Safi must avoid capture at all costs as […]
Review: Night of the Jack-O’-Lantern by E. Reyes
Synopsis In Twilight Falls, Halloween has always been a night of tricks, treats… and old stories meant to scare the kids. But this year, the legend is real. It’s 1998. Julie Carpenter is just trying to survive her senior year in the sleepy Arizona town she’s always called home. But when a figure emerges from […]
Review: Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J. Munden
Synopsis: An undead orc knight leaves battle behind for a new kind of afterlife—one with good food, good friends, and maybe even fatherhood. Rottgor is worn out. Literally. Barely held together by dark magic, he has protected the Necropolis for centuries. When he’s forced into retirement, he’s faced with a new challenge: to forge a […]
Review: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Synopsis: Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails […]
Book Review: Extremity by Nicholas Binge
TL;DR: Murder mystery with a little bit of horror, and a whole lot of “WTF is going on?” Engaging, zippy pacing, and an all-around great read. Synopsis: A time-traveling, end-of-the-world police procedural, Extremity is True Detective if written by Philip K. Dick. When once-renowned police detective Julia Torgrimsen is brought out of forced retirement to investigate the murder of […]
Book Review: Ironbound (Ironbound, Book 1) by Andrew Givler
Full transparency: I’m the Director of Publicity for Aethon Books. However, this review is 100% honest, unbiased, and based solely on my reading experience. TL;DR Review: Addictive, fast-paced, and beautifully dark. A progression fantasy I’m still thinking about weeks after reading! Synopsis: Arcane Ascension meets The Blade Itself in the epic fantasy adventure IRONBOUND, where the will to survive – […]
Review: All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu
Synopsis: Julia Z, a young woman who gained notoriety at fourteen as the “orphan hacker,” is trying to live a life of digital obscurity in a Boston suburb. But when a lawyer named Piers—whose famous artist wife, Elli, has been kidnapped by dangerous criminals—barges into her life, Julia decides to put the solitary life she […]