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Genetic Engineering

Review: Wraith and the Revolution by A.J. Calvin

May 26, 2025 by Nick Snape Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Kye Verex is trapped. Due to a fluke of genetics, the decisions of the galaxy’s elite, and a lack of finances, he’s stuck on his polluted and noxious home world indefinitely. And it’s slowly killing him. Then his more fortunate sister returns one day, bringing the promise of salvation. Kelsey has always hoped to […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Standalone Tagged With: Books, Science Fiction

Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

May 10, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field […]

Filed Under: Genetic Engineering, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: #TorBooks, Book Review, Science Fiction

Review: The Lost Years PT I (Hell Divers 1.5) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

April 30, 2025 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes a brand new novella set in the world of the Hell Divers series. Before you knew him as the king or the Immortal, he was Commander Xavier “X” Rodriguez—with ninety-six dives under his belt, the most experienced Hell Diver on the airship known as the […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Horror, Military SF, Post-Apocalyptic, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: #blackstonepublishing, #HellDivers, #NicholasSansburySmith, #TheLostYears

Review: Scales by Christopher Hinz

April 21, 2025 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis An electrifying thriller about species re-engineering run amok, Scales is a great, fast-paced read perfect for fans of Jurassic Park. A secret corporate-military project enhances four men with dinosaur traits to sell the public on a next-gen army of super-soldiers. But weeks before the big media unveiling, Eddie Boka, leader of the dino-prototypes, falls victim to a […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Cloning, Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller Tagged With: #AngryRobot, #ChristopherHinz, #Dino-Humans, #Dinosaurs, #Scales

Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

January 23, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Synopsis The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival, he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set […]

Filed Under: Aliens, First Contact, Genetic Engineering, Hard SciFi, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, aliens, Book Review, First Contact, Orbit Books, Science Fiction

Review: Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) by Dennis E. Taylor

January 15, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Not Till We Are Lost by Dennis E. Taylor

Synopsis The number one best-selling series that Audible listeners call “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed with humor, geek references and thought-provoking storylines”, and performed by “a true master story teller and actor” returns as the Bobs face their deadliest challenge yet. The Bobiverse is a different place in the aftermath of the Starfleet War, and the days […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, Cloning, First Contact, Genetic Engineering, Hard SciFi, Mechs/Robots, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fiction, Sentient Spaceship, Space Opera Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Audible, Bobiverse, Book Review, First Contact, Ray Porter, Science Fiction, Space Exploration

Review: ChloroPhilia by Cristina Jurado

January 14, 2025 by Isabelle Leave a Comment

Synopsis Would you sacrifice your humanity to save the world? Kirmen is different from the other inhabitants of the Cloister, whose walls protect them all from the endless storm ravaging Earth. As a result of the Doctor’s cruel experiments, his physical form is gradually evolving into something better fit for survival in the world outside. […]

Filed Under: Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Post-Apocalyptic, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Climate Change, Climate fiction, Fantasy, Genetic Engineering, Science Fiction

Review: The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville

December 31, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis There have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be killed. Who’s seen a thousand civilisations rise and fall. He has had many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he’s known simply as ‘B’. And he wants to be able to die.  In the present day, a US black-ops group […]

Filed Under: Genetic Engineering, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Technothriller Tagged With: Del Rey Books, Science Fiction

Review: World Walkers by Neal Asher

December 29, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis An exhilarating standalone novel set within the Owner universe. He can jump between worlds. But can he save his own? Ottanger is a rebel and mutant on an Earth governed by a ruthless Committee. But after its Inspectorate experiments on him, he discovers the ability to reach alternate worlds. The multiverse is revealed in all its […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Dystopian, Genetic Engineering, Hard SciFi, Horror, Military SF, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Science Fiction

Review: The Leap Year Gene Of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

October 17, 2024 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis An inspired, sweeping, historical epic tracing the remarkable life story of a baby girl born on leap year day who grows one year older every four years. The Leap Year Gene imagines the fascinating life of Kit McKinley from WWI up to the present day, told through the voices of Kit and her family […]

Filed Under: Alt History, Genetic Engineering, Reviews, Science Fiction, Soft SciFi Tagged With: Science Fiction

Review: The Unkillable Princess (The Kystrom Chronicles #2) by Taran Hunt

October 13, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

In between breakneck action worthy of the Mission Impossible franchise, reckless yet efficient spaceship piloting, and badass hand-to-hand combat, Hunt delivers another truly excellent romp, across planets and moons this time, that is in no way lacking in tons of heart and hilarity. You just need this in your life.

Filed Under: Cloning, Comedy, Genetic Engineering, Heist, Military SF, Murder Mystery, Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera Tagged With: Solaris, Taran Hunt, The Kystrom Chronicles, The Unkillable Princess

Book Review: As Born to Rule the Storm by Cate Baumer

October 7, 2024 by Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Cadet Charlotte Amsel will trade her life to win a war- but not all at once. As part of an elite group of experimental soldiers, she can move through time, with each jump taking months from her own fated lifespan as she struggles to prevent the cold war from boiling over into an apocalypse. […]

Filed Under: Genetic Engineering, Military SF, Novella, Reviews, Science Fiction, Self Published, Time Travel Tagged With: #SFINCS, As Born to Rule the Storm, Cate Baumer, Novella, Science Fiction, Self Published, SFINCS, Time Travel

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