Synopsis Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little “tweaks” have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in […]
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Review: The Anguished Earth: An Empire of the Wolf prequel by Richard Swan
Synopsis: It is winter in the Empire of the Wolf, and the town of Eisbrück burns with plague.Whilst physicians struggle to contain the pox, the atmosphere thickens with recrimination and rumour: talk of inauspicious constellations, and a demonic witch filling the streets with bodies and black magick. Amongst the chaos, Sir Konrad Vonvalt must recover […]
Review: He Who Ate the Wild by G.J. Terral
He Who Ate the Wild is a story of loss and grief, but also of a young warrior trying to understand his place in this Japanese-inspired world.
Review: Inquisitors – A Tale of Love and Damnation by Paul G. Zareith
Synopsis: The wars of old against the tide-caller cultists have left Inquisitor Vorain crippled and forlorn. Over the decades of commanding the dark tower, he has found his life fading into obscurity. But that changes when a mysterious presence begins to interfere with his investigation in the shadows of the night. Once feared, now forgotten, […]
REVIEW: This B Just Won’t Die! by Tanya Pell
SYNOPSIS This humorous, heart-pounding, feminist slasher takes on misogynist social pressures with one former scream queen as she is pursued by a serial killer impersonating the antagonist of her films. Former scream queen Barbra Jacobs desperately wants to break out of the box Hollywood has neatly packaged her in. Cast as the star of the […]
Review: Acts of Deicide by L.E. Garrison
Synopsis: 300 years ago, a god was murdered. Blue, once the deity’s most faithful general, made immortal through her service, has wandered the fractured land ever since. Her inability to die is a curse she strives to end. Chance has her collide with Sarai, a guard captain who possesses an ancient memoir detailing the events […]
Review: Fruits of Our Labor by Ian Patterson
Synopsis A new world is emerging, one parthenogenetic birth at a time. In a near-future America where women have just achieved asexual reproduction, Samara yearns for freedom from her dying relationship, and a child of her own—fully her own. As parthenogenetic birth takes hold and the role of men in the survival of the species diminishes, […]
Review: Symphony of Scars by Corbin Rook
Synopsis Far outside the Sundered Lands, the Holy Republic of Kellanis has learned to channel the Astral Plane through music in a process called “Symphonics.” Music is so sacred that the gravest punishment is to become Scorned – a slave stripped of their ears and tongue so that they can neither enjoy nor create music. […]
Review: The Reflections of Lilje Damselfly (Folk With a Disregard for Convention #1) by Natalie Kelda
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly reads like literary fiction, with a touch of fantasy. It’s a story of healing, belonging, and love.
Review: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Synopsis Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume. With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie. This mesmerizing collection features all […]
Review: The Lepidopterist’s Beautiful Daughter by David Rae
Synopsis Born to wealth and stifling privilege, Tito lives a cocooned life of luxury and dull Edwardian convention. Groomed to follow a career in the church, he finds joy in the unlikeliest of places: Vanessa Agnew, the daughter of a once renowned professor who studies butterflies and moths. Yet, just as Tito wins her hand, […]
Review: Don’t Let It Out by N.A. Betts
Synopsis: The assignment was simple: contain the forest. Don’t let anything out. FBI Agent Daniela Rojas arrives with a secret mission of her own. To uncover the truth behind Project Greenfall, a classified experiment buried by the Canopy Collective. RCMP Corporal Cade Mercer is there for a different reason. Two years ago, his wife vanished […]