Book Review: This Crooked Way

Morlock Ambrosius, the focal point of this story, is an old, odd, bent over man, who is simultaneously mysterious and transparent; pleasant and gruff; helpful and in the way. Whatever one might say about Morlock, he does weave an interesting story around himself.
The Crooked Way is, I think, a description of how Morlock’s goal in [...]

Book Review: Ares Express

Ares Express is Ian McDonald’s marvelous and long awaited sequel to Desolation Road.  Mars is still the setting, but a Mars far in the future from that in Desolation Road. The railroad is still key, but the story line is fresh. It revolves around the person of  Sweetness Octave Glorious Honeybun Asiim 12th, her (mis)adventures, [...]

Review: The Grave Thief

The Grave Thief from Pyr Books, the next installment in The Twilight Reign series, finds everyone in shock at the events in Scree and evaluating where next to go.
Another level of intrigue is added in this book as human/deity alliances are forged and broken and hard decisions are made and kept.  Magic is more prevalent, [...]

Review: The Twilight Herald

The Twilight Herald by Tom Lloyd is Book Two in the trilogy The Twilight Reign.  I read the first book in the series , The Stormcaller, several months ago and was immediately taken in.  I cannot say how thrilled I was to read the second installation in the same year!  I have been so looking [...]

Review: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

The Blade Itself  is the first book in Joe Abercrombie’s trilogy “The First Law” and is also Abercrombie’s amazing first novel. In April of this year, I came to have the third book in this trilogy, Last Argument of Kings, and I decided to read it as a standalone and not wait ’til I could [...]

Stalking the Dragon

Stalking the Dragon is the third in Mike Resnick’s Fables of Tonight series. These books are so much fun, the reader just whips right through them. This one is no different.
Part of the setting for each of these books is a holiday. The holiday marking this story’s action is Valentine’s Day. It starts [...]