Synopsis You can go your whole life in the Void without trouble ever finding you. Moss doesn’t have that kind of luck.First, there was the stowaway, the pirate, and a centuries-old mystery drifting through the void of space.Then, there was the robbery that became a rescue mission, and a race to escape the Silver Legion.Now, […]
Military SF
Review: Hostile Contact by Nick Snape
Synopsis A failed military training exercise. An alien incursion, desperate and on the hunt. Survival is just the beginning… ‘This is a moment in time humanity will never forget. Hostile Contact.’ ★★★★★ Goodreads Finn had thought he’d seen it all…but no…he had to admit… Not quite everything… There was a big universe out there and it […]
Review: Those Left Behind by N. C. Scrimgeour
Synopsis A dying planet. A desperate mission. A crew facing impossible odds. Humanity’s last hope lies with them… Time is running out for the people of New Pallas. Nobody knows that better than Alvera Renata, a tenacious captain determined to scout past the stars with nothing but a handpicked crew and a promise: to find […]
Review: Massif by Garth Nix
Synopsis: From New York Times bestseller and master of speculative fiction Garth Nix comes his first foray into adult science fiction with a brilliant and poignant stand-alone story of sentient starships, galactic warfare, and the bonds a crew forms far, far from Earth. Caught me a mountain Rode it to the stars It’s business as […]
Review: Umbra (Sentient Stars #1) by Amber Toro
Synopsis When Skyla left the Navy, she thought she would never look back. That’s until a strange virus disables her best friend and bonded ship, stranding them on a space station at the edge of UTA space run by the arrogant Commander Hinata Azai. Hinata was exiled for his failures, and while he would do […]
Review: Hero of the Imperium (Warhammer 40K, Ciaphas Cain #1) by Sandy Mitchell
Synopsis The first Ciaphas Cain omnibus In the 41st millennium Commissar Ciaphas Cain, hero of the Imperium, is an inspiration to his men – at least that’s what the propaganda would have you believe… READ IT BECAUSE Enjoy tall tales of adventure and derring-do in Commissar Cain’s memoirs (annotated by a sarcastic inquisitor). T’au, necrons […]
Review: StarHawks: Aegis (StarHawks #1) by Vennessa Robertson
Synopsis: Citizen. Civilian. Veto. In the distant future, when mankind leaves FirstEarth to forge a new home among the stars, these three words are used to classify every person in the galaxy. Alanwe Treskae, commander of the StarHawks, has always served the High Council with honor. Until she is asked to falsify a report concerning […]
Review: Against All Odds (Grimm’s War #1) by Jeffrey Haskell
Synopsis The wrong crew. The wrong ship. The right Captain. Idealistic navy lieutenant Jacob Grimm just wanted to honor his mother’s sacrifice in the last great war. When he’s forced to return fire and destroy a squadron of ships to save his own, he thinks he’s the hero… Until they discover the ships are full […]
Review: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen
Synopsis: The starship Horizon’s crew spent ten years trapped across the expanse of space. Now they’re finally home—only it’s not the home they knew. The Cluster, once a peaceful coalition of planets, has fractured in the wake of civil war. Captain Demora Kim wants nothing more than to protect her surviving crew. It’s what she owes […]
Review: The Wrecking Squad (The Wrecking Squad #1) by Nick Snape
The Wrecking Squad is a fun sci-fi novel, with myriad lots of action and twists from start to finish. A great read for those who love or are new to sci-fi.
Review: Lost Cargo (Get Lost #2) by Noah Chinn
Synopsis Life ain’t easy for a pilot in the Void. An easy score turns into a whole lot of trouble, and the race is on to unload some very problematic cargo. Captured by pirates in his beat up chimera, Maurice “Moss” Foote is having a bad day, until he gets a lead on the gig […]
Review: Lost Souls (Get Lost #1) by Noah Chinn
Synopsis Sci-Fi Adventure with a sense of humor! A smuggler, a stowaway slave, and a pirate find themselves on a collision course deep in the no-man’s-land of space, tracking a mystery that’s centuries old. Maurice “Moss” Foote is down to his last hundred credits, which he needs to get his old ship back and start […]