Synopsis A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig […]
Science Fiction
Series Review: Terra Ignota by Ada Palmer
Synopsis: Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer–a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also […]
The McMurdo Uprising (The McMurdo Rift Book 5) by Bradley Lejeune
Synopsis: THE WAR COMES HOME. A Regime on the Brink. An Infiltrator in the Heart of Power. A Rebellion That Will Burn the World. The last human civil war ended with Earth’s defeat. Now Chancellor Arnold Philby is trying to rebuild an empire on fear, propaganda, and a military he no longer fully controls. For […]
Review: The Tidelings of Dras Sayve (The Apidecca Duology #0.5) by C.B. Lansdell
The Tidelings of Dras Sayve is a low-stakes novella with worldbuilding deep as the seas.
Review: Undercity: Rebellion by SC Jensen
Synopsis I’m not dead yet, but this isn’t living… They call me the Ghost. I wander the surface of this nameless city, unseen, searching for the sister I lost many years ago. It is a forsaken place, its battle-scarred surface left to burn under a relentless sun.I should have given up. But when I uncover […]
Review: Wolfskin [The Common Book #3] by Jeremy Szal
It all ends here with the Wolfskin. Synopsis Vakov Fukasawa is trapped. Captured by his ruthless and cruel enemies, the House of Suns, he has been broken in body and mind, tormented until he is something less than human. And yet, Vakov and his brother Artyom are the Common’s last hope. The war against the […]
Review: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
Synopsis A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do was run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig […]
Iconic (The Outer Reaches Book 1) by AJ Gordon and Peter J Aldin
Synopsis: For 3400 years, we conquered the Milky Way, ushering in an age of peace andprosperity. All of humanity, united beneath the banner of the Martianist Imperium.Until civil war struck at the empire’s heart… 1700 years after the war, the Imperium is a shadow of its former self. Along the galaxy’sOuter Reaches, frontier factions and […]
Review: Shield of the Mothership (The Hybrid Helix #7) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is still your enemy. Rohan swore he’d never work for the il’Drach again, never again be called Lance Primary, never again kill or risk the lives of his friends on behalf of the Empire. But when the safety of the sector is at risk, when inaction could lead […]
Review: Alien: Cult by Gavin G. Smith
Synopsis An FBI agent on the trail of a brutal serial killer gets caught in the web of a Xenomorph-worshipping religion in this thrilling murder mystery twist on the Alien universe, for fans of Scott Sigler’s Aliens: Phalanx and Alex White’s Cold Forge. In the affluent, technocratic Alexandria Colony, people are disappearing. And witnesses are dying in grisly, […]
Review: Undercity: Rebellion by SC Jensen
Synopsis I’m not dead yet, but this isn’t living… They call me the Ghost. I wander the surface of this nameless city, unseen, searching for the sister I lost many years ago. It is a forsaken place, its battle-scarred surface left to burn under a relentless sun.I should have given up. But when I uncover […]
Book Review: The Infinite State (The Decurion Saga #1) by Richard Swan
TL;DR Review: Instantly familiar yet utterly unique sci-fi. Riveting, compelling, and entirely unputdownable. Synopsis: In this blistering science fiction epic, international bestselling author Richard Swan presents a thrilling tale of survival and an eviscerating examination of totalitarianism.THE INFINITE STATE begins at a flashpoint in the lives of a widowed party member, a disgraced investigator, and a […]