DEEP BLACK by Miles Cameron
Deep Black is the much-anticipated sequel to one of my favourite SF books in recent years, Artifact Space (review HERE.) I had high hopes…
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THE MERCY OF GODS by James S. A. Corey
I think it is safe to say that The Mercy of Gods is one of the most eagerly anticipated science fiction novels of the…
SWORD CATCHER by Cassandra Clare
In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, Kel is an orphan, stolen from his old impoverished life to become Prince Conor Aurelian’s body-double. As his…
THE DISSONANCE by Shaun Hamill
Shaun Hamill burst onto the genre scene with A Cosmology of Monsters in 2019, about which I said, “Hamill impressed the hell out of…
ECHO OF WORLDS by M. R. Carey
The first book of this duology, Infinity Gate, was perhaps my favourite read of 2023, so this second part has a great deal to…
THE DAUGHTER’S WAR by Christopher Buehlman (Blacktongue Thief #0)
It has been roughly three years since Christopher Buehlman’s The Blacktongue Thief released to great acclaim (including a very positive review from yours truly). …
ART of MARVEL Studios: THE AVENGERS (ASSEMBLE) by Jason Surrell
Titan Books are rereleasing the 24 books of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a unified set. This is the fifth, following Captain America: The…
FOUL DAYS by Genoveva Dimova (The Witch’s Compendium of Monsters Volume 1)
Bulgarian/Balkan myth comes alive (or undead) in Foul Days by Genovena Dimova, which is the first part of her Witch’s Compendium of Monsters duology…
THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLERS GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS by Sarah Brooks
I have always fancied travelling on one of those luxury train journeys. Stepping into the footsteps left by explorer Michael Palin (or perhaps less…
The Saga of a Collection – or how it took me 44 years of trying, to finally get what I wanted.
So: here’s a story about how it took me 44 years to finally get a story collection. Quick background for context. It is 1980.…
SEEKER by Samuel Griffin
Historical fiction readers, if I said “Regency novel” to you, what comes to your mind? Elegant dresses, lavish house parties, coffee house meetings, callous…
EVOCATION by S. T. Gibson
With her latest, S T Gibson has gone all Witches of Eastwick… set in modern-day Boston, Evocation tells of an occult elite, working under…
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER – THE ART OF THE MOVIE By Matthew K. Manning
Titan Books are rereleasing the 24 books of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a unified set. This is the fourth, following Iron Man 2,…
IN OUR STARS by Jack Campbell
In the year 2180, Lieutenant Selene Genji of the Unified Fleet sees Earth destroyed, despite the Unified Fleet’s attempt to stop it. The resultant…
THE HOUSE THAT HORROR BUILT by Christina Henry
Horror novels about horror has become a genre unto itself in recent years, self-aware stories are often popular. Novels like Grady Hendrix’s The Final…
THE MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley
Time travel is one of the most– if not the most – science-fictional tropes of all time. Thanks mainly to good ol’ H. G.…
THE SILVERBLOOD PROMISE by James Logan (The Last Legacy, Book 1)
One part caper, one part sword and sorcery adventure, one part murder mystery, The Silverblood Promise is the debut novel from James Logan and…
EXTINCTION by Douglas Preston
It’s been 34 years since the novel Jurassic Park was published. Many movies and sequel novels later, Douglas Preston writes a great blockbuster summer-beach-kind-of…
SPARKS OF BRIGHT MATTER by Leeanne O’Donnell
Sparks of Bright Matter is a novel combining descriptions of 18th century London with rural Ireland, the search for a missing object of importance…
THE SLAIN DIVINE by David Dalglish (Vagrant Gods #3)
The Vagrant has helped to lead a rebellion against the forces who wish to subjugate his home of Thanet. Lucavi, the God-Incarnate is ready…
