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.
Science Fiction
Review: Price War (Price War #1) by Richard Holliday
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 […]
Review: Dark Age (Red Rising Series #5) by Pierce Brown
Synopsis The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold. For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he […]
Review: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
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 […]
Review: Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage
As The Doctor once said, it’s a timey wimey kind of thing Summary The hope of a dying Earth rests on a crew of astronauts. Their find a new home. But when they touch down on a distant planet, a time-bending anomaly traps them in a situation that no one could’ve predicted, causing them to […]
Review: Horus Rising (The Horus Heresy #1) by Dan Abnett
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.
Review: Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea
Synopsis: When everyone he loves dies, he becomes the Ghost to save his planet. Young Cerulean’s carefree life as a Firth is shattered when a planet-wide disaster wipes out all of his kind except him. The song trees that once harmonized to maintain the ecological balance of their shared planet Lenglood are silenced by the […]
Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) by Matt Dinniman
I had so much fun with this book! It was a true pleasure to listen to and experience, absolutely hilarious from start to finish!
Review: The Never-Ending End of the World by Ann Christy
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, […]
Review: The Choice of Weapons: The First Raoke Gang Novella by Alex Valdiers
Synopsis The Choice of Weapons is now a SFINCS Semi-Finalist! When rivalry becomes an obsession greater than the fate of mankind… Ren is an officer on the rise, going from planetary conquest to conquest, until he crosses path with a senior female officer from his native Japan. His meeting with Izuna ends in a bloody […]
Review: Iron Gold (Red Rising Series #4) by Pierce Brown
Synopsis They call him father, liberator, warlord, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the pale blue planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-second of his life. A decade ago, Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed […]
Review: A Wolf in Space by Alex Valdiers (The Raoke Gang #1)
It’s a goddam Space Western! Sex, violence, saloon brawls, shootouts, and duels! A Wolf in Space is set to be one of the most badass titles of the year.