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Category Archives: Reviews
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Miriam is a drifter with an unusual gift: when she touches someone skin to skin, she sees a brief vision of the circumstances of that person’s death. It could be decades into the future or later the same day. Some … Continue reading
Boneyards by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Boneyards by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is the sequel to Diving into the Wreck and City of Ruins, two excellent novels featuring a memorable character who specializes in exploring derelict space vessels and who simply goes by the name “Boss.” The … Continue reading
Thief’s Covenant by Ari Marmell
Thief’s Covenant is the story of Widdershins, a young woman formerly known as Adrienne Satti, who grew up an orphan on the streets of Davillon, escaped poverty to join the city’s powerful aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story, and then shockingly … Continue reading
The Straits of Galahesh by Bradley Beaulieu
My path to Bradley Beaulieu’s writings was probably different from most people’s: I discovered him only recently through Strata, the excellent science fiction novella he co-wrote and self-published with Stephen Gaskell (reviewed here). I enjoyed Strata so much that I … Continue reading
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
In the year 2035, all that’s remaining of humanity is a group of twenty-six people who live in the Shell, an enclosure built two decades ago by the alien race known as the Tesslies when an environmental cataclysm made our … Continue reading
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez
Emperor Mollusk’s interplanetary warlording days are mostly over. Sure, he’s still universally worshipped on Earth, the planet he subjugated in the past, although that may have something to do with the mind-control technology he developed too. Still, his days of … Continue reading
The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts
When I first read The Curse of the Mistwraith a few years ago, it took me completely by surprise. Based on (obviously mistaken) assumptions, I expected something completely different — epic fantasy, yes, but nothing even close to the gorgeous … Continue reading
The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley Beaulieu
Prince Nikandr of Khalakovo is betrothed to Princess Atiana of Vostromo. Atiana is beautiful, and the match will be beneficial for both houses, but Nikandr is less than happy because he lives with two damning secrets. For one, his true … Continue reading
Girl Genius Omnibus Volume 1: Agatha Awakens by Phil and Kaja Foglio – includes giveaway!
Here’s my review of Girl Genius Omnibus Volume 1: Agatha Awakens by Phil and Kaja Foglio. Take a look, and please let me know what you think in the comments. Thanks to the generosity of the kind folks at Tor, … Continue reading
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
There are ghuls on the loose in the kingdoms of the Crescent Moon, but Dr. Adoulla, the last living ghul hunter in the great city of Dhamsawaat, is old, tired, and out of shape. Nowadays, he much prefers eating a … Continue reading
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