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Installment Immortality (An InCryptid novel book 14) by Seanan McGuire (book review).
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, a cryptid is a creature that appears in mythology or folklore but has not been…
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November 2025
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The Works Of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (book review).
The streets of Tilliard are carved into an ancient tree. The rich and elite plot and scheme amid clouds of perfume in the…
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The Blackfire Blade (The Last Legacy book 2) by James Logan (book review).
‘The Blackfire Blade’ is a sequel to ‘The Silverblood Promise’, James Logan’s debut novel, which introduced Lukan Gardova, Flea and Ashra, aka Lady…
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Sub-Majer’s Challenge (The Saga Of Recluce book 26) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
How can an honest army officer stop rival nations raiding and invading his country when he’s hampered by penny-pinching and supply shortages from…
October 2025
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The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (book review).
One of the pieces of advice often given to aspiring authors is to write about what they know. While this is difficult when…
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Warriors Of The Boundless by Mike Chinn (book review).
Here we have great swords and sorcery adventures. Author Mike Chinn defines the ‘Warriors Of The Boundless’ as ‘endless realms stacked and clustered……
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The Essential Patricia A. McKillip by Patricia A. McKillip (book review).
‘The Essential Patricia A. McKillip was my introduction to this author. She comes highly recommended, having won several top awards for fantasy novels,…
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Overcaptain (The Saga Of The Recluce book 24) by L.E. Modesitt (book review).
‘Overcaptain’ is the 24th volume in the Saga of Recluce, but fear not, reader. You don’t have to read twenty-three other books to…
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The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely (book review).
‘The Lost Reliquary’ effectively engages the reader from the very first line. The protagonist, Lys, is part of the crowd gathered for the…
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Lives Of Bitter Rain (The Tyrant Philosophers book 5) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book review).
Can a young orphan girl, lacking any particular talent except for sword-fighting, ascend through the ranks of a tough, ruthless regime aiming to…
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The Last Spirits Of Manhattan by John A. McDermott (book review).
A novel that showcases the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Fonda, Charles Addams, and other influential figures from 1950s America is likely to…
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Don’t Go To Work The World Is Ending by Paul Dalton (book review).
When a new writer comes on the scene, the problem always is to make the reading public pick it up for a closer…