A Woman Wielding a Telepathic Blade Hunts the Truth in Markswoman
Markswoman begins with a two-page history of it’s imagined world, Asiana, and the five Orders of the Peace by which it…
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In Praise of Magical Librarians: Genevieve Cogman’s The Lost Plot
Librarians make great heroes, from Barbara “Batgirl” Gordon, to the rebel librarians in Rachel Caine’s Great Library novels, to the…
How Myke Cole Creates Characters Who Feel Real and Fight Scenes That Will Kick Your Ass
It’s hard enough to write well in one genre, never mind blending two or more into one seamless whole. But…
Nanoshock Is a Wild, Profane Cyberpunk Thrill Ride
“Begin as you mean to go on” is common advice for writers. K.C. Alexander follows it to the letter. On…
Magic Meets The Godfather in Fonda Lee’s Jade City
In Fonda Lee’s Jade City, the title mineral brings magic, power, and life to Kekon, an island metropolis that earned…
An Excess Male Finds Hope in a Dystopian Future
It might be a sign of the times we live in, but based on the premise alone, I expected Maggie…
Skyfarer Is a Classic Fantasy Adventure in All the Ways That Matter
Joseph Brassey’s Skyfarer is a classic fantasy adventure in all the ways that matter, being the first voyage of newly minted apprentice…
The Court of Broken Knives Is a Fantasy Debut Grimmer Than Grimdark
Anna Smith Spark’s debut The Court of Broken Knives is a fevered dream of a fantasy, set in a world where…
5 Reasons Wonder Woman: Warbringer Nails the Transition from Comics to Prose
Superheroes typically thrive in visual media: comics, television, film; prose novels starring established caped crimefighters face an extra hurdle. Not…
The Bound Gods Series is an Epic Fantasy without Heroes
There are down-to-earth fantasies, and then there are epic fantasies. Many of the most epic of epic fantasies tend to…
Claudia Gray’s Career Is Fueled by Fanfic
For Claudia Gray, the author of Star Wars: Bloodline, Lost Stars, and the bestselling Evernight young adult series, the joy…
A Housewife and a Hitman Switch Lives in Gail Simone’s Crosswind
An unhappy, overworked, unloved housewife and a hitman face equal amounts of stress and pressure. That’s the premise of Crosswind, the new…
Victory Isn’t What It Seems in The Day After Gettysburg
The subtitle of The Day After Gettysburg, the final, posthumous novel be celebrated alt-history writer Robert Conroy, is “The South…
Wonder Woman Is a Superhero Movie Only a Woman Could Have Made
By now, you’ve no doubt heard one of numerous stories of women—even cynical movie critics—being moved to tears of joy…
Vanguard Is a Military Space Opera Shot Through with Realism
Jack Campbell’s space sagas—of which Vanguard is the latest—may well be the most realistic military-oriented books I’ve ever read. “But,…
Borrowed Souls Spares the Snark with a Vulnerable Urban Fantasy Heroine
Kickass female leads have been a defining feature of urban fantasy since the arrival of Mercedes Lackey’s first Diana Tregarde book in…
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Off Rock Is a Rollicking Deep Space Caper
Kieran Shea’s Off Rock by has a number of elements associated with great science fiction: a feeling of isolation out in…