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Dystopian

Review: Beyond The Burn Line by Paul McAuley

March 22, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis What will become of us? In the deep future beyond the burn line of the Anthropocene and the extinction of humanity, the city states of an intelligent species of bear have fallen to a mind-wrecking plague. The bears’ former slaves, a peaceable, industrious and endlessly curious people, believe that they have inherited the bounty […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Science Fiction

Book Review: Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson

March 20, 2024 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Engaging, fascinating, and set in a unique and riveting world. Strong characters and a compelling sci-fi detective noir story. A truly stunning debut. Synopsis: TWO YEARS AFTER a devastating defeat in the decade-long Spore War, the island nation of Hoppon and its capital city of Neo Kinoko are occupied by invading Coprinian forces. […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Murder Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Science Fiction, Self Published

Review: The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

March 20, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.  Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out, again. The late Dr. Damira Khismatullina, the world’s foremost expert in elephant behavior, is called in to help. While […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Science Fiction

Review: Saint Elspeth by Wick Welker

March 19, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis Why did they come? When they appeared across the sky, speculation wheeled around the world—the aliens were from heaven, the invaders were from hell… or they were proof that neither existed. But when they landed, curiosity gave way to suspicion and the nations reacted with nuclear force, setting off a chain reaction that left […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Dystopian, Reviews, Science Fiction, Soft SciFi Tagged With: Science Fiction, Self Published

Review: Mushroom Blues (Book #1 of The Hofmann Report) by Adrian M. Gibson

March 18, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis  Two years after a devastating defeat in the decades-long Spore War, the island nation of Hōppon and its capital city of Neo Kinoko are occupied by invading Coprinian forces. Its fungal citizens are in dire straits, wracked by food shortages, poverty, and an influx of war refugees. Even worse, the corrupt occupiers exploit their […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Murder Mystery, Reviews, Science Fiction, Technothriller Tagged With: Science Fiction, Self Published

Review: FauxVille by D.K. Pike

March 12, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis ‘After the pandemic, people hugged, friends and families reconnected, but a few short years later we were back to shooting each other.’ David Miller is an amnesiac war veteran struggling to put the pieces of his life back together and adjust to civilian life in 2049’s PortCity. His life is turned upside down when […]

Filed Under: Alt History, Artificial Intelligence, Dystopian, Mechs/Robots, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published Tagged With: #DanMatha, #DKPike, #FauxVille, #Review, #Scifi

Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

February 11, 2024 by Craigbookwyrm Leave a Comment

Alien Clay provides further evidence of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s unparalleled and unfathomable imagination. A master storyteller and world builder, Tchaikovsky delivers another fascinating speculative vision of an alien ecology, that is innovative and immersive.

Filed Under: Aliens, Dystopian, Hard SciFi, Reviews, Science Fiction, Standalone Tagged With: #Tordotcom, Adrian Tchaikovsky, alien clay, NetGalley, Pan Macmillan, Science Fiction

Review: Price War (Price War #1) by Richard Holliday

February 9, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis WHEN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS BLOOD, ONE MAN MUST SAVE WHAT’S LEFT OF HIS FAMILY FROM PAYING THE PRICE… In a future wrought by traumatic events, the people of the UK come to rely on retailer Yellowstone for their every need. The futuristic company is a newcomer to the country but it’s […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published, Technothriller Tagged With: #PriceWar, #RichardHolliday

Review: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

February 8, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis “A fearless novel that probes ideas of surveillance, misogyny and class. . . . Tsamaase brilliantly tackles ideas of motherhood and autonomy.” —New York Times Book Review This genre-bending Afrofuturist horror novel blends The Handmaid’s Tale and The School for Good Mothers with Get Out in an adrenaline-packed, cyberpunk body-hopping ghost story exploring motherhood, memory, and a woman’s right to […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Horror, Reviews, Science Fiction, Standalone, Technothriller Tagged With: #ErewhonBooks, #TlotloTsamasse, #WombCity

Review: Horus Rising (The Horus Heresy #1) by Dan Abnett

February 2, 2024 by chilcottharry Leave a Comment

A modern day sci-fi tragedy told in 54 volumes, Horus Rising is the beginning & the birth of this momentous era in one of the most expansive sci-fi universes ever created.

Filed Under: Dystopian, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Space Opera Tagged With: Black Library, Book Review, Dan Abnett, Games Workshop, Horus Heresy, Horus Rising, Review, Sci-Fi, Science Fantasy, Space Opera, The Horus Heresy, Warhammer, Warhammer 40000, Warhammer 40k

Review: The Never-Ending End of the World by Ann Christy

January 24, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Coco Wells hasn’t seen another living person since she was a teenager. All of Manhattan is reliving the same few seconds, minutes, or hours on a loop… and they have been for years. Everything looks normal from a distance, but up close it’s a nightmare. Coco is a survivor. She scavenges for food, reads, […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Standalone, Survivalist Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Science Fiction, Self Published

Review: Morning Star (Red Rising Series #3) by Pierce Brown

January 13, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Fantasy, Hard SciFi, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction

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