Synopsis: Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the divine figures of the Constant Lady and her Saints have arrived, despite […]
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Excerpt: “Adaptation and Predation” from ‘Faceless Galaxy’ by Auston Habershaw
Blurb Gripping action, dark humor, and unlikely survival electrify this collection of the acclaimed Faceless cycle: seven previously published tales, and three all-new stories pitting a shapeshifting assassin’s will against the most insurmountable challenges deep space has to offer… Throughout the gutters and sanitation systems of the civilized galaxy, amorphous, nameless blobs called Torrhoids digest […]
Book Review: The Gryphon King (The Chaos Constellation #1) by Sara Omer
TL;DR Review: Action, intrigue, rebellion, and dark legends abound in this epic, addictive historical-feeling fantasy story. Synopsis: The first in a stunning Southwest Asian-inspired epic fantasy trilogy brimming with morally ambiguous characters, terrifying ghouls and deadly monsters. Combining cut-throat dynastic politics with expansive worldbuilding and slow-burning romance, this book is perfect for fans of Godkiller […]
Review: Fiend by Alma Katsu
Synopsis: Some families have skeletons in their closets. This one has a demon in its boardroom. When Maris Berisha was nine years old, she heard something scratching at the walls of her family’s penthouse. It felt like something malevolent was there, watching them. The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the […]
Review: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Synopsis: Four years ago, an unthinkable disaster occurred. In what was later known as the Low-Probability Event, eight million people were killed in a single day, each of them dying in improbable, bizarre ways: strangled by balloon ropes, torn apart by exploding manhole covers, attacked by a chimpanzee wielding a typewriter. A day of freak […]
Cover Reveal: A Day of Breath by Darby Cox
Blurb A dark and imaginative fantasy filled with demons and religious conspiracy, A Day of Breath is a perfect read for fans of Naomi Novik and N.K. Jemisin. A century ago, a cult attempted to open a rift to the demon realm and summon the banished demon god Istral. Before they could succeed, the cult was defeated by […]
Review: Isles of the Emberdark (Secret Project #5) by Brandon Sanderson
Synopsis: All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a traditional trapper of Aviar—the supernatural birds his people bond with—on the deadly island of Patji. Then one fateful night he propels his people into a race to modernize before they can be conquered by the Ones Above, invaders from the stars who want to […]
Review: The Extra by Annie Neugebauer
Synopsis: Ten people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night eleven set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who is the extra? Review: There’s often joy to be found in the unexpected. An extra McNugget in your happy meal, a little left over from rent, so you can treat yourself to a […]
Review: Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert
Never the Roses is a romantasy which is light on the overarching plot, and instead spends it’s time building up the relationship. The fantasy world is there, but as Oneira has shut herself away from it you only see glimpses and pieces of the world. This really worked for me. It felt like an easy-going read because of this and I think that really worked for this specific romantasy.
Review: The Scoungers (Vermin of the old Empire) by Thomas J Devens
Synopsis The lords have fallen.It was the war to end all wars.Violence had plagued the Fractured Kingdoms since the fall of the Old Empire. But as the generals and the lords died in the Valley of Torglen, the folk looked beyond their allegiances. Beyond their nations. The bedraggled masses that survived the battle flocked to […]
Review: Battle Mage (The Souls of Wrath #1) by Peter A. Flannery
Synopsis: The world is falling to the burning shadow of the Possessed and only the power of a battle mage can save it. But the ancient bond between battle mage and dragon is failing. Of those that answer a summoning too many are black. Black dragons are the enemy of humankind. Black dragons are mad. […]
Excerpt: Sentient (Ice Plague Wars #2) by Michael Nayak
Blurb Symbiote took readers to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, across ten days of terror, as the crew fought to contain a mysterious and evolving biological threat. In Book Two of the Ice Plague Wars series, Sentient, the survivors of the South Pole massacre will find that getting off the Antarctic continent may cost them their […]