Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Mike Shackle
Throne of the Crescent Moon is a refreshingly different book in so many ways. For a start, its setting is a mythical Arabia rather than a version of medieval Europe.…
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Elloise Hopkins
I first heard about this book when I got my hands on a graphic novel sampler of it at FantasyCon and then afterwards I kept hearing good things about it…
Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod
Paolo Chikiamco
There’s something fascinating about Kung Fu. Wuxia is an ancient genre of Chinese literature, centered around martial arts in general and Kung Fu in particular. It has been so co-opted…
The End Specialist by Drew Magary
When I saw the cover of this book – a simple yet striking image of a grim reaper impaled seemingly by his own scythe – I was instantly drawn in.…
Ganymede by Cherie Priest
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
In Ganymede, Cherie Priest continues to explore an alternate universe, war torn US in the late nineteenth century. After reading and thoroughly enjoying Boneshaker and Dreadnought (and then hunting down…
Vs. Reality by Blake Northcott
Kit
This reviewer comes to you completely shocked. Less than 30 hours after uploading Ms. Northcott’s Vs. Reality to my Kindle, I have completely devoured it. Devoured it, I tell you,…
Kultus by Richard Ford
Overlord
“A steam-powered burlesque of brutal demonic action!”
Among Others by Jo Walton
Faith M. Boughan
Hugo Award-winning author Suzy McKee Charnas called Walton’s Among Others, “a love letter, laced with sharp-edged anguish and triumph, from within the SF/F genres to the SF/F genres.” I balked.…
Control Point by Myke Cole
Jennie Ivins
Oscar Britton took his job seriously. As an officer in the US Army, he helped defend both the country and its citizens. That in and of itself was difficult, but…
Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery Edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders
Dominic Stevens
“Here, then, are seventeen original tales of sword and sorcery, penned by masters old and new. What follows are stories of small stakes but high action, grim humor mixed with…
The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks
ChrisMB
We interrupt my regular schedule of reviews to bring up a matter that has caused me to give pause and reflect on things of late. This January (as in the…
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
In the effort to break away from the overwhelming US/European cultural trend that runs rampant through so much of fantasy, I decided to start expanding my reading to a more…