The Fires of Pompeii by James Moran
And so onto the latest Doctor Who novelisation. After two Fourth Doctor stories (The Stones of Blood and The Androids of Tara), we’re next…
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BLACK TIDE by K.C. Jones
It’s the end of the world, but not quite as we know it. Meteors crash land, monsters appear, and worlds collide; the world is…
The Last Storm by Tim Lebbon
Post-apocalypse novels – they’re all the rage at the moment, aren’t they? It seems that whenever things are tough, we like to indulge in…
The Androids of Tara by David Fisher
And so to the second of these latest Doctor Who novelisations, based on the scripts of the original Doctor Who series. (My review of…
KAGEN THE DAMNED by Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is an accomplished writer of dark tales, having won multiple Bram Stoker awards for his horror fiction, and is a national bestseller.…
The Stones of Blood by David Fisher
As we approach the 60th anniversary of the television programme Doctor Who (next year), I got to thinking about why this particular series, out…
IN THE SHADOW OF LIGHTNING by Brian McClellan (The Glass Immortals #1)
Brian McClellan burst onto the fantasy landscape almost a decade ago (2013) with Promise of Blood, the first of his Powder Mage saga. With…
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
Neither here nor there, but long ago… Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts…
Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart
Jamie Mollart’s Kings of A Dead World hits a weakness or two of mine. For those that don’t know me, I should explain. I…
Eversion by Alastair Reynolds
Although best known for his Space Opera books, in recent years Alastair has been producing material that is deliberately different. There’s his well-known Revelation…
THE HACIENDA by Isabel Cañas
A marriage of convenience, a distant husband, a large estate where the owner knows less about its history than those who maintain the estate…those…
Equinox by David Towsey
This is not the first story we’ve had lately that takes a Fantasy setting and set a murder-mystery within it – see also Richard…
DARK STARS: New Tales of Darkest Horror edited by John F.D. Taff
John F.D. Taff is a well-respected purveyor of horror fiction, his short stories have received numerous nominations over the past handful of decades. Tor…
BOOK OF NIGHT by Holly Black
Holly Black is a superstar/bestselling/award-winning writer of young adult fantasy novels, she’s something of a brand name. With Book of Night, Mrs. Black makes…
NETTLE & BONE by T. Kingfisher
Kingfisher has been taking up space in my “must read list” for a few years thanks to her horror novels. Nettle & Bone is…
THE HUNGER OF THE GODS by John Gwynne (The Bloodsworn #2)
John Gwynne’s Norse-inspired epic, The Bloodsworn, continues in The Hunger of the Gods, the second installment of the saga (The Shadow of the Gods,…
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Recent comments in the SFFWorld Forums coincidentally led to this omnibus tome arriving on my desk. I approached it with some caution, admittedly. Whilst…
Until the Last of Me by Sylvain Neuvel
I last reviewed the first book in this series back in 2021. A History of What Comes Next told us of the covert actions…
THE SHADOW OF THE GODS by John Gwynne (The Bloodsworn #1)
Norse Mythology is one of the most fertile ground for fantasy stories and novels – gods, warriors, monsters, demi-humans, and grand scale events. John…
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Mickey Barnes is an Expendible – the person on a colony spaceship who is used for those activities when a human is necessary, but…
