Book Review: Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky Genre(s): Science Fiction Book Synopsis: Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to a potential new paradise. Generations later, this fragile colony has managed to survive, eking out a hardy existence. Yet life is tough, […]

Book Review: Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky Genre(s): Science Fiction Book Synopsis: Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life—but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions […]

Book Review: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen Genre(s): Science Fiction / Military Sci-Fi Book Synopsis: The starship Horizon’s crew spent ten years trapped across the expanse of space. Now they’re finally home—only it’s not the home they knew. The Cluster, once a peaceful coalition of planets, has fractured in the wake of civil war. Captain […]

Book Review: The Wings of Ashteroth by Steve Hugh Westenra Genre(s): Fantasy / Mythological Fantasy / Political Fantasy Book Synopsis: The great city of Qemassen is at a crossroads. A powerful empire from beyond the ocean threatens to reignite a centuries-old feud. A slave rebellion brews in the tangled labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city […]

Book Review: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Genre(s): Science Fiction Book Synopsis: The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age — a world terraformed and prepared […]

Book Review: The Odyllic Stone by Alex Scheuermann Genre(s): Fantasy / Adventure Fantasy Book Synopsis: When Aster Rutherford, the postmaster’s son and his childhood friend, Zinnia Hollyhock deliver a letter to the Pelware Mines, they are attacked by a birdlike monster that turns men to stone. Even worse, Buckwheat Village is plagued by an illness […]

Book Review: An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis: Tell me how it happened… Layne was a soldier, conscripted to fight under the Fox in a vengeance fueled march. He, and his friends, were due for a fated confrontation, one that has ended in blood and loss. Now, the inquisitors want […]

Book Review: Useless Etymology by Jess Zafarris Genre(s): Non-fiction Book Synopsis: Did you know that an “astronaut” is literally a “star sailor,” that a thesaurus is, in fact, a “treasuretrove” of words, and that someone who is “sinister” is actually just “left-handed”? Have you ever wondered why English isn’t considered a Romance language if 60% […]

Book Review: A Black Dragon on Red by P.L. Stuart Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: Nightsoul. A name striking terror into the hearts of Eltnia’s people for decades. A mysterious, sinister ruler, buoyed by the foreboding magic of the malevolent sorceress Barbis. A haunting spectre, appearing out of mist, razing kingdoms to the ground, then […]

Book Review: Vengeance is our Legacy by M.C. Burnell Genre(s): Fantasy Adventure Book Synopsis: The difference between justice and revenge may come down to having a friend. The Tabbaqeran Empire is defended by the Scolate, governed by the Illiumate, guided by the Hakam; its people worship and quarrel with a thousand-thousand gods. But there are […]