A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill
Look, most of the people reading this know what pleasure there is to be found in a book, right? I know that I’m probably…
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The Hollow Tree by James Brogden
Now, it might not have escaped your notice that as Horror goes I quite like a bit of what is loosely termed ‘Folk Horror’…
Stormblood by Jeremy Szal
Now, I know that the idea of humans being adapted to a particular purpose is not a new one in SF – I’m thinking…
THE BOOK OF KOLI by M.R. Carey (Rampart Trilogy #1)
Post-Apocalyptic novels come in many forms, with many themes, and many reasons for the world being broken. Some of those novels don’t get too…
Imperial Earth by Arthur C Clarke
This is the latest in an occasional series where I reread old books from an old favourite, Arthur C Clarke (1917 – 2008). In…
The City of a Thousand Faces by Walker Dryden
If I said to you the words ‘Arabian Nights’ what images does that conjure up to you? If, like me, you are thinking desert…
A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher
So, this was one that came up in a discussion of post-apocalyptic novels in the Forums. Although it is not one based on viral…
A QUEEN IN HIDING by Sarah Kozloff (Nine Realms #1)
When a publisher releases an author’s debut and then over the next subsequent months the next books in the series, then that publisher (Tor,…
The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
Michael is the son of David Kingman, a man who killed the young son of the King. However, we begin the book not with…
Sanctuary by V V James
Sanctuary is one of those books that reads like an American television drama. Set in small-town America, it suggests that below the seemingly idyll…
SHOREFALL by Robert Jackson Bennett (The Founders Trilogy #2)
Picking up a few years after the events of Foundryside (the first installment of The Founders saga), the characters introduced in that volume –…
The Devil’s Blade by Mark Alder
So: The Devil’s Blade is a story that builds on traditional tropes – it’s a revenge story – but combines reality with decidedly fictional…
War of the Maps by Paul McAuley
At its most basic level the War of the Maps is a revenge tale, a story of a bad guy used by the good…
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL by Kit Rocha
Post-apocalyptic novels can be fun, but the subset of speculative fiction is a fairly popular setting. So when an interesting hook is thrown into…
THE UNSPOKEN NAME by A.K. Larkwood
Some books surprise you, despite knowing of them, seeing publicity about them, or the title or writer continually being promoted. Then you open the…
Cursed Edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane
Curses – they’re a staple of Fantasy fiction, aren’t they? From Snow White’s cursed apple in the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales (1812) to Guy…
SIXTEENTH WATCH by Myke Cole
Myke Cole is a writer whose work I’ve been enjoying for almost a decade now, most of what he’s published has fallen quite squarely…
HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD by Sarah J. Maas (Crescent City #1)
Sarah J. Maas is a writer at the forefront of Young Adult fantasy; her novels are extremely popular and acclaimed. After about a dozen…
The Golden Age of Science Fiction by John Wade
‘For everyone who understands the true significance of the words ‘Klaatu barada nikto’. Subtitled ‘A Journey into Space with 1950’s Radio, TV, Films, Comics…
Soot by Dan Vyleta
Soot is set in a Dickensian world of darkness, grime and wretched brutality, with an additional Fantasy element. The magic part is that what…
