The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
Rakib Ahmad Khan
It seems that I have a thing for sentient elephants. My first experience was the excellent Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg. But, The Only Harmless Great Thing is…
September 2018
Draigon Weather by Paige L. Christie
Steven Poore
In Adfen, men fear the coming of Draigon Weather – the oppressive heat, the lasting droughts, the slow death of everything that can only be appeased by sacrifice. And women…
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
JC Kang
Ferris Bueller Goes to Hogwarts: the Video Game. Though both have left tire tracks over my books in the charts and competitions, I can’t decide whether I hold a deeper…
Witch by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié
Jo Niederhoff
“She must be rich, Holly thought. Then, for the first time, she realized, I’m rich now, too.” Readers, I rolled my eyes. Your parents were going to get you a…
It’s Agent Week!
Geoff Matthews
UPDATE: Agent week is over! Thanks to our awesome agents and factioners for making it a huge success! Head over to our Facebook group to read all the questions and…
Critical Role Is A Natural 20 Of A Good Time
Kellie Doherty
“How do you want to do this?” is a phrase that’s branded on t-shirts and hoodies, stickers and scarves. It’s hinted at around gaming tables, talked about on the Internet,…
Character Development: Character Death and the Ultimate Sacrifice
Carlyn Atkinson
Killing a character in your novel is a tried and true method for advancing your plot. Allegiances are torn, revenge is sought, kingdoms fall apart. Character death feels as essential…
Legend by David Gemmell
Jessica Juby
Legend introduces us to a tribe called the Drenai, who feature in 12 other books by Gemmell which form The Drenai Saga. Under attack from the Nadir, all is seemingly…
Chasing Graves by Ben Galley – Cover Reveal & Guest Blog
Ben Galley
I’m a firm believer that cover art is part and parcel of the book – conjoined twins impossible to separate. The cover plays an important role. It represents the words…
Birth of the Firebringer by Meredith Ann Pierce
S. H. Paulus
Spoilers Warning: This review contains spoilers. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. “He was born under a dark moon.” I grew-up with a hearty,…
Black Man (a.k.a. Thirteen) by Richard Morgan
Toby Frost
Carl Marsalis is a Variant Thirteen, a genetically-engineered throwback to a strain of human that died out thousands of years ago. He is a tough, aggressive loner, instinctively cunning and…
Darkly Dreaming by Chloe Hammond
Richard Marpole
This is a book about vampires, about becoming one and subsequently coping with the changes that being a fatal predator of the night brings (i.e. expect a high body-count). It’s…