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.…
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The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter
The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter is an authorised sequel to The War of Worlds by H.G. Wells, a work that I hope…
A CONJURING OF LIGHT by V.E. Schwab
The story of Kell, Rhy, Lila, and Alucard Emery comes to a close in A Conjuring of Light as a dark spell from Black…
Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele
In the world of pulp fiction superheroes, most modern readers can name a few – Flash Gordon, Doc Savage, and Perry Rhodan, for example.…
Catalyst (STAR WARS): A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno
Even overgrown battle stations need something that goes BOOM. In the pursuit of a new super weapon to bring lasting peace through fear, the…
THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE by John Scalzi
Having taken a break from the Old Man’s War universe, John Scalzi launches an Epic Space Opera with The Collapsing Empire, a title that…
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
So: you’re a soldier, paid for hire. What do you do when the wars are over and the battles are done? When your friends…
The King In Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
It’s hard to review the King in Yellow by Robert Chambers without at least a brief mention of its role and its place in…
SFFWorld Archive: Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson
Following last week’s review of Robert A. Heinlein’s Have Spacesuit – Will Travel, we thought it might be an idea to resurrect an old…
Gearspire: Advent by Jeremiah Reinmiller
An ambitious debut that hits, but doesn’t always draw blood. In a world where advanced technology crumbles into decay, a scant few holding its…
THE IRON GHOST by Jen Williams
Sword and Sorcery is alive and well, if Jen Williams Copper Cat novels are to be taken as evidence. In The Iron Ghost, the…
Heinlein Rereads: Have Spacesuit….Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
“You see, I had this spacesuit.” Mark continues his intermittent re-read of Robert Heinlein’s novels through the Virginia Edition series. It is with shock that I now…
INTO THE FIRE by Patrick Hester (Samantha Kane #1)
Samantha Kane is having a bad day, or rather a bad night. She’s a police officer who watches her partner get mauled by something…
Hekla’s Children by James Brogden
“Hekla: In Icelandic lore, a mountain where witches held their meetings. “ There’s a fine tradition here in the UK (and I’m sure…
SFFWorld Archive: REVENGER by Alastair Reynolds
It’s only been six months since this review first appeared at SFFWorld, but with the US publication imminent we felt it was worth bringing…
WITH BLOOD UPON THE SAND by Bradley P. Beaulieu (The Song of Shattered Sands #2)
Bradley Beauleau returns to the desert landscape he introduced in Twelve Kings of Sharakhai, a world with a complicated, rich and deep history. Although…
The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
There’s been a lot of love professed for Jen’s last Fantasy trilogy both elsewhere and here at SFFWorld – Rob liked The Copper…
Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos
Marko has become famous in the last few years for declining a Hugo Award nomination in 2015, which then led to the addition…
Xan and Ink by Zak Zyz
Two disgraced brothers, a fanatical priest and an escaped slave venture into the foreboding Kalparcimex, an uncharted jungle teeming with an incredible variety of…
A CONVERSATION IN BLOOD by Paul S. Kemp (Egil & Nix #3)
Egil and Nix, Paul S. Kemp’s sword and sorcery duo, always find themselves in trouble. With a dark wizard, sorceress or an arcane artifact,…
