Synopsis: MODIFICATIONS COME AT A PRICE. Detective Sol Harkones is tangled in the wires of a deadly conspiracy involving defective body modifications causing permanent brain damage. A suspect is known, but something more dangerous may be lurking in the shadows. A city plagued by waste. Violence fills the streets. Oblivion is within reach. Review: I […]
Mechs/Robots
Review: Hell Divers #4: Wolves by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Synopsis The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series They dive so humanity survives. Now they take to the sea. In the fourth installment of the Hell Divers series, the Sea Wolf sets out to search for the Metal Islands. Leading the expedition is legendary Hell Diver Xavier Rodriguez. After enduring for a decade on the poisoned surface, his survival […]
Review: The World to Come (Dark Legacies #3) by Yuval Kordov
The World to Come is the dark, harrowing, emotionally intense, mind-bending, and hugely rewarding, conclusion to the Dark Legacies trilogy.
Review: Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky can do no wrong. Service Model is an utter triumph of fun sci-fi with an added edge of things being a liiiiittle too close to home. Told entirely from the perspective of Charles, a personal valet robot who embarks on quite the journey.
Charles at the start of the book is a very unintentionally humorous robot, and his observations of the world around him are so very naive. I really enjoyed the first quarter of the book where he’s interacting with other robots who are following their routines, and the lack of human interaction is messing with their systems. A particular favourite was the detective and doctor robots, it was for me the first realisation of just how funny this book can be.
Book Review: Purgatory (Rogue Stars #1) by Jaime Castle
TL;DR Review: Prison Break meets space marines…with a hint of Avatar thrown in for good measure. Synopsis: A fight for survival at the edge of the galaxy. In the depths of space, far from the watchful eyes of Lenzaaban government, lies Prison Station 12, or as it’s fearfully known, Purgatory. It’s here that Commander Predaxes, […]
Guest Review: Amazon Prime’s “Fallout” TV Series by C.T Phipps
Premise Based on one of the greatest video games of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly […]
Review: FauxVille by D.K. Pike
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 […]
Review: All Of Our Sins (Dark Legacies #2) by Yuval Kordov
All Of Our Sins is the psychotropic fever dream follow-up to The Hand Of God. The Dark Legacies series is proving to be one of the most all-consuming reading experiences I have had. The vivid, dark, and immersive hellscape introduced in book one is further explored in this cerebral and cinematic sequel.
Review: Grievar’s Blood (The Combat Codes #2) by Alexander Darwin
Synopsis The second book in an action-packed science fiction trilogy set on a far future world where the fate of nations is determined by battle-hardened warriors who are trained to compete in brutal single combat. In a world where single combat determines the fate of nations, the Grievar fight in the Circles so that the […]
Review: The Hand of God (Dark Legacies #1) by Yuval Kordov
Synopsis The world ended—twice. Once at humanity’s hand and a second time at God’s, according to legend. Only Esther, the Eternal One, saw it all happen. Chosen by the Messiah to redeem humanity, she heads a holy sisterhood that rules Cathedral, the Last City. Except Cathedral isn’t the last city, and the source of the Revenant […]
Review: The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence #1) by Emma Mieko Candon
Emma Mieko Candon is clearly a very talented writer, she’s created this incredibly unique world filled with fascinating ideas and intricate characters. The idea of AI Gods who corrupted and ruined the cities they created and kept is what really hooked me. Add in humans who can communicate with these AI and control what I imagined as huge mechs, this is a great book for anyone who loves a complex tale with sci-fi elements.
Review: Descendant Machine (Book #2 of the Continuance Series) by Gareth L. Powell
Synopsis When Nicola Mafalda’s scout ship comes under attack, she’s left deeply traumatised by the drastic action it takes to keep her alive. Months later, when an old flame comes to her for help, she realises she has to find a way to forgive both the ship and her former lover. Reckless elements are attempting […]