Blackwing by Ed McDonald
There’s been a lot of talk lately about ‘the death of Grimdark’, that nasty, violent, and unremittingly grim sub-genre of Fantasy that was…
Month: April 2017
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Waking Gods is the second novel in Sylvain Neuvel’s Themis Files, a series that tells its story through the use of interviews, reports, diary…
Interview with Free Space author Sean Danker
In the follow-up to Admiral, the intergalactic war has ended and hostilities between the Evagardian Empire and the Commonwealth are officially over, but the…
Dead Jack and the Pandemonium Device by James Aquilone
Pandemonium: a twilight dimension of nightmare creatures, mythical beings, the undead, and everything in between. To Dead Jack™, it’s hell sweet hell. In the…
Skitter by Ezekiel Boone
So, last year The Hatching, of which this is a sequel, was one of my ‘surprisingly good’ reads – one I enjoyed much,…
News: Gemmell Award shortlist 2017
The 2017 David Gemmell Awards shortlists have been announced: The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel Wrath, John Gwynne (Tor) Nevernight, Jay Kristoff (Harper…
Amunet by Robert Harkess
Amunet has a unique talent; she can talk to the dead. She had been told all her life that this is the key to…
The Hangman’s Daughter by Gavin Smith
I remember when Gavin Smith’s debut novel, Veteran, hit the shelves, and with it came this confident and action-orientated voice that was much fun…
The Shining by Stephen King
When I talk about “The Shining” with most people they often bring up references to the movie by Stanley Kubrick. It was a spectacular…
SINS OF EMPIRE by Brian McClellan
Brian McClellan told a fantastic story in his Powder Mage Trilogy, an inventive world populated by some really interesting characters. But that story focused…
SFFWorld Archive: The Ghost from the Grand Banks by Arthur C. Clarke
It was 105 years ago earlier today (April 14th/15th, 1912) that the famous ocean liner Titanic sank. With this in mind, we’ve resurrected a…
The Complete Aliens Omnibus Volume 3 by Sandy Schofield and Stephani Perry
The Complete Aliens Omnibus Volume 3 collects two novels from two different authors: Aliens: Rogue by Sandy Schofield, and Aliens: Labyrinth by S.D. Perry.…
News: STAR WARS QUIZ at FOYLES, London – 29th APRIL
Some news of a Star Wars event at Foyles bookshop, London, England: An exclusive Star Wars books day at Foyles, Charing Cross Road…
CONSPIRACY OF RAVENS by Lila Bowen
I closed out my review of Wake of Vultures, the first book in The Shadow, saying I was pleased to see a “1” on…
The Discovery (2017)
One of the great things I like about the science fiction genre is its ability to examine, using the simple yet brilliant idea…
The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home Omnibus
**This is the second entry in what will be a series of reviews on Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe, starting with the comic book…
Interview with Savant author Nik Abnett
First solo novel of multi-media writer Nik Abnett, Savant (Solaris, October 2016) is set in a future version of Earth where a living mind…
COLD IRON by Stina Leicht
Royal twins, a crooked advisor, warring nations, elvish creatures, and a dark reawakening evil are all familiar ingredients in epic fantasy. With Stina Leicht’s…
Greyson Gray: Camp Legend by BC Tweedt
Sports Camp has everything twelve-year-old Greyson Gray needs to distract him from his father’s mysterious disappearance – intense athletic competition, weird friends, and a…
SFFWorld Archive: Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan
With the recent re-publication of the series, we thought it might be worthwhile reprising this review of the first book in the series.…
