Jennifer Ainsley: The Final Demon War by Sidney Stone has been waiting to be reviewed for a while. I thought it was not the first book in the series, so it collected dust in my shelves. Perhaps the title the Final Demon War made me think it was the last …
Ragnarok Unwound by Kristin Jacques is a dark fantasy novel which immerses the reader into the world of the Norse Myths but during our current era. It focuses on Ives, her fairy sidekick, Jules, and large cast of odd, interesting, and often famous demi-gods. Ragnarok Unwound by Kristin Jacques …
Neon Empire by Drew Minh is a science fiction novel, but only just barely, since most of the technology which the reader sees could either already happen or will be able to occur in just a few years. This is in no way a complaint, for this is a fine …
One of Us by Craig DiLouie is what I tend to call Dark Fantasy—a fantasy novel which takes place during our present era. This novel centers around a young generation of children which were born with monstrous disfigurements living as little better than slaves within harsh orphanages. There are several …
The Point by John Dixon is a fantasy novel set during our current era. The story revolves around Scarlett Winters an eighteen year old female rebel. Scarlett was usually more interested in partying than using her skills to insure her future. When she discovers her ‘Posthuman” abilities in a manner …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Nightshade Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? This is one of those outstanding series that I keep revisiting and yet trying to spin it out as I don’t want to the fun to stop. St Mary’s has been rebuilt and …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Loose ID Published: 2013 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Jarla Taugh Have you read this book? Levade is a book for those unafraid to feel. In terms of raw emotion and execution, it surpassed the first book Capriole. It’s all about the Lipizzans. Well, no, but there’s major …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Chizine Published: 2012 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies by James Marshall was published by Chizine, which has always been one of my favorite publishing houses, but if I had read this one of their novels …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: White Cat Publications Published: 2011 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Tainted Blood by Ferrel D. Moore might be considered a horror by some, but I would place it firmly in the camp of Dark Fantasy, despite its high body count. …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Dark Serpent/Ravenswood Publishing Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Navy SEAL Eric Slade and anthropologist Dr. Anna Fayne, along with support crew, are on a research mission in Kyrgyzstan. Dr Fayne is hoping to find some scientific basis for the discovery …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I had previously read and reviewed the prequel to this series, Brink’s Unfortunate Escape from Hell, so when I was approached by the publishers and asked if I would like …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Signet Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Pepper Martin, now Community Relations Director of Garden View Cemetery, is contacted by the ghost of Eliot Ness, one of Cleveland’s most famous dearly departed. According to Ness, the ashes scattered at the …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Daw Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Joshua Palmatier Have you read this book? This is the second novel of Maradaine that features Veranix Calbert, otherwise known of as the Thorn, who’s a student of magic at the local university by day and a …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Daw Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Peter Grant is a fabulous character with a wonderful line in dry humor that oils the wheels in this police procedural urban fantasy series. The previous book, Foxglove Summer, was …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Ace Books Published: 2012 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Joshua Palmatier Have you read this book? Shadow Ops: Control Point is the first novel in a new series by new author Myke Cole. I can honestly say that I look forward to seeing where this series–and …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Catalyst Press Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ray Wallace Have you read this book? Here’s how Jack Ketchum begins his intro to T. M. Wright’s Cold House: “A woman and her dog, alone in an old, Cold House with many rooms, fearful of the …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Pocket Books Star Published: 2004 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Michael White Have you read this book? In his forward to Christopher Golden’s 2001 novel, Hellboy: The Bones of Giants, eponymous comic creator Mike Mignola wrote, “I think The Lost Army is great … but …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2004 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Michael White Have you read this book? Hellboy, the big rough-and-tumble, red-skinned devilish dude whose comic-book history tells us was accidentally brought into this world by evil Nazis at the end of WWII, and who …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Gauntlet Press Published: 2004 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ray Wallace Have you read this book? Repairman Jack is back in his eighth novel, this one entitled Crisscross, depicting his ongoing battle against the forces of the Otherness – – the great, cosmic power apparently bent …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Xlibris Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? After my last experience with a POD (Publish on Demand) book (The Wizard’s Wife) I was leery when Dave (the webmaster) offered me another one. Davidson’s Immortal: A Linking of …
