A Sword Named Truth Is a Fantasy Epic Exploring the Perils of Growing Up
Many fantasy stories end when the battle is won and order is restored (in some form), leaving what comes next…
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You Won’t Know Who to Trust Amid the Military Sci-Fi Thrills of Shrouded Loyalties
If nothing else, the title of Reese Hogan’s Shrouded Loyalties is extremely on-point. This fast-paced sci-fi thriller that takes place…
The Weirdest, Most Wonderful Fantasy of 2019? Michael Swanwick’s The Iron Dragon’s Mother
Michael Swanwick’s The Iron Dragon’s Mother promises to tell the epic story of Caitlin, the magical scion of a Faerie house, who…
Holy Sister Ends a Science Fantasy Trilogy That Finds Hope in a Dark World
The titles of the three books in Mark Lawrence’s Book of the Ancestor series emphasize the emotional and physical journeys…
The Power of Choice Changes the World in The Women’s War
The women of The Women’s War, a new epic fantasy by Jenna Glass, are filled with quiet rage. Many fantasy novels…
Angels, Demons, and the Mesmerizing Music of Where Oblivion Lives
It begins with music: discordant nightmare notes played on a lost Stradivarius. It’s a nightmare the half-angel, half-daimon Diago Alvarez…
A Mismatched Couple Saves the Galaxy in Polaris Rising
Ada von Hasenberg is kinda having a bad day. She’s been captured by mercenaries who’d be happy to inspect the…
Piecing Together the Mysteries of a Future Past: Eyal Kless’ The Lost Puzzler
The title character of Eyal Kless’ debut novel The Lost Puzzler is lost, but he’s not alone. In many ways, he…
A Bad Deal For the Whole Galaxy Is a Great Deal For Space Opera Fans
At one point in Alex White’s A Bad Deal For the Whole Galaxy, the ne’er-do-well crew of the Capricious is simultaneously engaged…
An Interdimensional Murder Mystery with Librarians: Genevieve Cogman’s The Mortal Word
“And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and…
Join a Magical Bomb Squad in The City of Broken Magic
Laura Kramer is an apprentice Sweeper in Amicae, a city that runs on magic, and the only apprentice to a…
Taking Back the Streets: Peter McLean’s Priest of Bones
After the war, we came home. Sixty-five thousand battle-shocked, trained killers came home to no jobs, no food, and the…
Hank Green’s Debut Is An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Before Hank Green was a buzzy debut author, he was a social media superstar, so it’s no wonder that his…
Bloody Rose: Hard-Rocking Epic Fantasy Sequel That Goes to 11
A band is a family. In Kings of the Wyld, the first book in Nicholas Eames series following mercenary bands…
Space Unicorn Blues Is More Than a Silly Space Adventure
A unicorn walks into a bar…. When the murderer Gary Cobalt trotted into the Bitter Blossom, he nearly gave himself…
A Big Ship At the Edge of the Universe Delivers Big Space Opera Fun
A few chapters into A Big Ship At the Edge of the Universe, a marvelous new space opera from Alex White (Every…
10 Romance Authors Who Would Write Killer Superhero Comics
Last week, as I read the latest issue from one of the two major superhero publishers, I run into a…
Head On Is a Fascinating Future Mystery in the Tradition of Asimov
Reading Head On gave me déjà vu, in a good way. Hugo-winner (and 2018 Hugo nominee) John Scalzi’s latest novel…
Things Get Worse for Nona Grey in Grey Sister
The middle is where things get worse. In the first book, Nona survived child slavery, betrayal, and loss, only to…
The Armored Saint: New Genre, Same Myke Cole Experience
So you have some questions about The Armored Saint by Myke Cole, book one of The Sacred Throne series: Back To…