Synopsis Tomas Piety has been many things: soldier, priest, gangster…and spy. As Tomas’s power grows, the nobility better watch their backs, in this dark and gritty epic fantasy series. People are weak, and the poorer and more oppressed they are, the weaker they become–until they can’t take it anymore. And when they rise up…may the […]
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Review: Mortedant’s Peril (The Trials of Irody Hasp #1) by R. J. Barker
Synopsis In a city of ancient automata, strange spirits, and sleeping gods, a cleric of death finds his own life on the line in this vividly imagined fantasy murder mystery from the acclaimed author of The Bone Ships and Age of Assassins. Irody Hasp is a Mortedant, a cleric tasked with reading the last thoughts […]
Review: The Skald’s Black Verse (Dreadbound Ode #1) by Jordan Loyal Short
Synopsis When a shadowy creature appears on the long night of the solstice festival, Brohr is blamed for the grisly murder it commits. He flees the noose, one step ahead of his people’s otherworldly oppressors, into the hinterlands, where dark magic, family secrets, and a band of broken rebels await. Overhead, a grim omen spells […]
Review: A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper
Synopsis This epic crime novel tells a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge—and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down. Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein’s monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn together into something like […]
Review: The Curse of Hester Gardens by Tamika Thompson
Synopsis: Nona McKinley raised three boys in the Hester Gardens section of Medford, Michigan, an impoverished community divided by those who follow their faith in God and those who turn to crime to survive. With her drug dealer husband behind bars and her eldest son shot to death at eighteen, Nona has devoted herself to […]
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: Netflix’s Kingdom
I’ve recently taken to reviewing some things other than just books. Normally not as in-depth, but also sometimes pretty intensely. I figure, if it’s media that I think others may find enjoyable, then why not share it? First, I reviewed some movies, like Predator: Badlands and 2025’s Frankenstein, then some interesting games, like Still Wakes […]
Review: Tales From The Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon
Synopsis The first Umbrella Academy spin off series! Umbrella Academy creators Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá are joined by Way’s Killjoys cowriter Shaun Simon (Collapser, Electric Century) and artist INJ Culbard (Everything, At the Mountains of Madness), for a supernatural adventure featuring the breakout character from the hit Netflix show, now on Season 3! When 18-year-old Klaus gets himself […]
Cover Reveal – Red Reckonin’ (The Wayward World Chronicles 0.5) – by DB Rook
It’s my honour to be able to bring you a double hit of bookish goodness. A fantastic cover reveal and news of a brand new story that will be appearing on the Unearthed Stories platform. Before we get to the cover lets first dive into a what DB has in store for us Blurb: Callus’ […]
Review: The Violin by Odella Howe
The Violin draws upon classic stories and Medieval themes, with a touch of paranormality, giving this gothic horror a uniquely timeless feel.
Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Synopsis Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural. But […]
Review: Red City (The New Alchemists #1) by Marie Lu
Synopsis Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation, an exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates who market it to the world’s elite in the form of sand – a drug that enhances those who take it into a more perfect version of more beautiful, more charismatic, simply more. Among the gleaming skyscrapers and rolling foothills of […]