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Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
Former police inspector and current private investigator Adamat is summoned to the Skyline Palace to help resolve a baffling mystery: during a brutal coup against Adro’s monarchy, every single member of the Royal Cabal uttered the same cryptic phrase right … Continue reading
Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins
I’ve read several novels over the last few years that were compared to China Miéville by reviewers, publishers, or both. In most cases, I thought the comparison was a stretch, to say the least. In some cases, it was simply … Continue reading
Doughnut by Tom Holt
Theo Bernstein accidentally put a decimal point one place to the left instead of the right and, thusly, caused the Very Very Large Hadron Collider to explode, thereby disintegrating an entire Alp and becoming one of the most hated men … Continue reading
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
Mona Bright used to be a cop. She was married. They were expecting a baby. Then, abruptly, everything fell apart and her life collapsed. Since then, she’s been drifting from town to town, taking short term jobs, drinking heavily, looking … Continue reading
Fade to Black by Francis Knight
Rojan Dizon is a bounty-hunter in the vertical city of Mahala, an ancient, towering structure where neighborhoods are built on top of neighborhoods. The rich and powerful live at the top, enjoying sunshine and fresh air, while the poor live … Continue reading
The Red Knight by Miles Cameron
The eponymous hero of The Red Knight by Miles Cameron is the leader of a mercenary army that’s just returning to Alba after fighting a campaign abroad. His identity and even his real name are a mystery to most: there … Continue reading
Giveaway winner! (Iain M. Banks giveaway)
The winner of last week’s giveaway (for a copy of the brand new Iain M. Banks boxed set containing his first three Culture novels) is… Keith P. of Holdingford, MN Congratulations, Keith – your copy of the Culture box set … Continue reading
Giveaway! Enter to win a boxed set of the first three Iain M. Banks Culture novels
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since Consider Phlebas, the very first Culture novel by Iain M. Banks, was published. Since that faithful day in 1987, Banks has released ten Culture books, making this a double anniversary: … Continue reading
The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
Has it really been 25 years since Consider Phlebas, the first novel in Iain M. Banks’ Culture series, came out? My goodness. Does this make anyone else feel old at all? Not to worry though: a new novel in this … Continue reading
Sharps by K.J. Parker
The last war between the neighboring countries of Permia and Scheria ended when Scheria’s greatest general redirected the course of a number of rivers and flooded one of the enemy’s cities, thereby killing tens of thousands of people and gaining … Continue reading
