TL;DR Review – “Light” grimdark flavor, with singular characters and a world that just keeps getting more interesting with every chapter. Synopsis: In a world where writing disappears when the author dies, 22-year-old Cael Oberlan watches the last gasping breaths of his best friend. He pulls a scrap of paper out of his pocket as […]
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Book Review: Off Midway Station by Marc Alan Edelheit
TL;DR Review – Slow-burn beginning that builds to an action-packed climax. A fascinating look at the construction and launch of a brand new spaceship. Synopsis: Humanity is on the brink of annihilation. Only one man can turn the tide. For centuries, we explored the stars and settled new worlds. But a mysterious alien threat emerged, […]
Review: A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman
Right place, right time, right review Synopsis RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. WRONG MAN. Jamie Tulloch is a successful exec at a top tech company, a long way from the tough upbringing that drove him to rise so far and so quickly. But he has a secret… since the age of 23, he’s had a helping […]
Book Review: The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart
TL;DR Review: A singularly creative and fresh-feeling reading experience. An excellent start to a gripping new series. Synopsis: In this sweeping epic fantasy comes a story of magic, betrayal, love, and loyalty, where two sisters will clash on opposite sides of a war against the gods. A divine war shattered the world leaving humanity in […]
Review: Arc of Broken Brotherhood (The Brotherhood of the Eagle #4) by Tim Hardie
Synopsis Broken Brotherhood, the fourth and final book in The Brotherhood of the Eagle fantasy series by Tim Hardie The final conflict between the Brotherhood of the Eagle and King Adalrikr Kinslayer approaches. Johan Jokellsward’s forces lay siege to Adalrikr’s stronghold, preparing to launch a deadly and decisive assault. Far to the north, Rothgar returns […]
Book Review: Ordinary Monsters by JM Miro
TL;DR Review: The X-Men, as written by Edgar Allen Poe. Dark, haunting, gothic, violent, and twisted in all the best ways. Synopsis: Charlie Ovid, despite surviving a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn’t have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight […]
Traitor’s Blade (Greatcoats #1) by Sebastien de Castell
Synopsis Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King’s head on a spike. Now Tristia […]
Review: The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant #1) by Andrea Stewart
You come at the Gods, you best not miss Synopsis After a divine war shattered the world, humanity struck a pact with the god Kluehnn: in return for regular tribute of magical gems, Kluehnn would restore the world to its former glory. But as each land is transformed, so too are its people changed into […]
The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons
Synopsis Enter a world ruled by dragons . . . The Sky on Fire is a daring new fantasy heist adventure from Jenn Lyons that will thrill fans of Temeraire, Fourth Wing andDragonriders of Pern. Anahrod lives only for survival, forging her own way through the harsh jungles of the Deep with her titan drake by her side. Even when […]
Review: Limelight and Other Stories by Lyndsey Croal
In space, no one can hear you scream sob like a baby Publisher’s Synopsis Limelight is a collection of over twenty high-concept dark science fiction tales from near and far futures. Lyndsey’s work explores the bright potential and the dark reality of our near and far futures through the lenses of connection and loneliness, love […]
Review: Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report #1) by Adrian M. Gibson
Synopsis ENTER THE FUNGALVERSE. BEAT THE WINTER BLUES. Blade Runner, True Detective and District 9 meld with the weird worlds of Jeff VanderMeer, Philip K. Dick and China Miéville in Adrian M. Gibson’s dark, hallucinatory, fungalpunk noir debut. Two years after a devastating defeat in the decade-long Spore War, the island nation of Hōppon and […]
Book Review: Flames of Gold (Legends of Gold and Silver #1) by Liz Delton
TL;DR Review: An epic journey begins, promising great things to come. Synopsis: The silverswords have held Tytan in an iron fist for centuries.That fist has crushed the last hope for the continent. After quitting mage training, fire mage Fig thought her dealings with the crown and the ruthless silverswords who rule Tytan were over. That […]