Synopsis “A fascinating merging of oppressive imperialism and disconcerting alienation.”—Adrian Tchaikovsky, award-winning author of Children of Time, Alien Clay & Shards of Earth SPFBO X 2nd place. Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. Winner of the FanFiAddict Award for Best Indie Debut, the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, and the Next Generation Indie Book Award. Blade […]
Science Fiction
Review: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
Synopsis: All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig or two with his band, and keep his family’s aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking as long as possible. As a fan of Earth television and culture, he figures it will be a […]
Review: Alien: Perfect Organisms by Shaun Hamill
Synopsis Some years after the events of Aliens and Alien 3— an artist obsessed with the disturbing visceral potential of the xenomorphs is pursued to an abandoned colony. Written by the much-celebrated Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters and The Dissonance. Desperate, depressed and nearly destitute, Cynthia Goodwin goes against her better judgement […]
Review: How Lexi Walker Almost Saved the World (Lexi Walker Series 1) by Frances Wong
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Lexi Walker has always felt like there’s more to her small town than meets the eye. One day, her hunch is proven true when a mysterious Orb crash-lands into her life. With the help of her best friend Tim, Lexi embarks on a daring mission to capture the Orb and uncover the secrets […]
Review: Alpha (The Alpha Cycle #1) by K.D. Marchesi
Alpha is a story of change, found family, and brutal action that simply wouldn’t let go.
Review: A Swift and Sudden Exit by Nico Vincenty
A clever sapphic sci-fi romance—one that leans more into the romance than the science.
Review: The Merge by Grace Walker
Summary: How far would you go to never say goodbye? Laurie is sixty-five and living with Alzheimer’s. Her daughter Amelia, a once fiery and strong-willed activist, can’t bear to see her mother’s mind fade. Faced with the reality of losing her forever, Amelia signs them up to take part in the world’s first experimental merging […]
This Brutal Moon (The Kindom Trilogy #3) by Bethany Jacobs
Synopsis Violence has erupted across the Treble. The colony that Jun Ironway and Masar Hawks have fought to protect is now woefully compromised, and its people, unwilling to submit to tyranny once more, face a brutal fight for their lives and freedom. In the midst of upheaval and rebellion, new enemies arise from every corner, […]
Review: God’s Junk Drawer by Peter Clines
Synopsis God’s Junk Drawer is a mind-bending tale of mystery and adventure set at the dawn of time. Welcome to the Valley … Forty years ago, the Gather family—James, his daughter Beau, and his son Billy—vanished during a whitewater rafting trip and were presumed dead. Five years later, Billy reappeared on the far side of the […]
Review: Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson
Synopsis: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson-creator of the Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy-comes Tailored Realities, a new short fiction collection including the never-before-published novella Moment Zero. Spanning the genres of fantasy and science fiction, this collection features stories from beyond the bounds […]
Review: Dark Theory (Dark Law #1) by Wick Welker
Synopsis: A robot yearns to remember. A thief struggles to forget. A galaxy on the verge of collapse. On the fringe of a broken civilization, a robot awakens with no memories and only one directive: find his creator. But in the village of Korthe, Beetro finds only radioactive pestilence, famine, and Miree—a tormented thief with […]
Review: Cage of Stars by Frasier Armitage
Cage of Stars is an incredible journey across, and beneath, the surface of an expansive world. Hugely unique in voice and stunningly written. Who would’ve thought I could care so much about a robot?