THE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER by Peter F Hamilton
This is the second book of the Arkship Trilogy. The first book, A Hole in the Sky, was published in paperback in January 2026.…
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IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND by Cynthia Pelayo
Cynthia Pelayo has been making a very good name for herself mixing fairy tales and crime novels set in Chicago. I was a big…
THE TRAVELER by Joseph Eckert
One of the great things about reading (and reviewing!) books is that every now and then you get a complete surprise – one of…
BODIES of WORK by Clay McLeod Chapman
Clay McLeod Chapman is at a critical mass with his output, staying current with his novels, stories, and books is enough to keep one…
NONESUCH by Francis Spufford
One of the trends I have noticed in recent years is the mainstreaming of science-fictional or fantasy tropes in mainstream fiction, crime novels, police…
THE DORIANS by Nick Cutter
If, on your death bed, a stranger offered you the chance to extend your life, would you? Especially after you were resigned to death…
DAVID STARR SPACE RANGER by Isaac Asimov
I consider myself lucky to have been reading science fiction for a long while (And since you didn’t ask, it’s over 50 years!) One…
MAKE ME BETTER by Sarah Gailey
Anybody who has read Sarah Gailey knows she crafts unflinching narratives. Make Me Better is the third novel I’ve read by Gailey and it…
PALACES OF THE CROW by Ray Nayler
So: it’s become a thing for me that Ray Nayler, with I believe only two novels, a novella and a couple of short stories…
SEEK THE TRAITOR’S SON by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth first came to my attention, as she did many others, I’m sure, with her Divergent series of novels (2011 – 2014), a…
ALL HAIL CHAOS by Sarah Rees Brennan (The Time of Iron #2)
All Hail Chaos is the second installment of Sarah Rees Brennan’s A Time of Iron, a portal fantasy which finds a young woman named…
MORTEDANT’S PERIL by R J Barker
R J Barker’s latest fantasy novel goes into the Grimdark – a murder mystery story of steampunkish machinery, death, political manoeuvrings and corruption in…
THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee
So, the introduction to the review copy of this book I received, written by Fonda, says that she was inspired to write this book…
THE HIVE by Ronald Malfi
Epic Horror is one of the most ambitious kinds of horror stories to tell. Horror is a genre that relies a great deal on…
MARS ONE by Charlotte Robinson
One of the recent discussions about Science Fiction I’ve had with non-genre readers has been about what readers want from Science Fiction. “Why do…
THE DEMON KING (Nightfall #3) by Peter V. Brett
The Demon King is the third and final installment of Peter V. Brett’s Nightfall saga, closing the saga of Olive Paper and Darin Bales,…
PARADOX by Douglas and Aletheia Preston
So: what do holy relics, Neanderthals, UFO researchers and secret societies all have in common? They’re all in the latest book by Douglas Preston!…
THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME by Ilona Andrews (Maggie the Undying #1)
Portal Fantasies are some of the earliest subset of fantasy novels, going all the way back to the great Lord Dunsany. In those early…
STARTER VILLAIN by John Scalzi
I’ve often said that writing humour (sorry, American readers: ‘humor’) is HARD. The difficulty is, as I understand it, that writing humour means that…
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
Jenn Lyons has published a slew of well-received epic fantasy novels over the last few years (she launched a 5-book series in 2019 with…
