Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Xlibris Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Hush Sisters Hush by Donald Krueger can be labeled a science fiction novel in theory, but the vast majority of the novel focuses on people living through normal Midwestern lives without conflict …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Xlibris Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Oars of Olympus by Christopher Mac Lairn is a fantasy novel set in mythological Greece. The author mixes history and facts, but this is more like Clash of the Titans than 300, which–in …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: DAW Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Joshua Palmatier This is a novella featuring the characters from Bradley P. Beaulieu’s “Shattered Sands” series. Premise: Ceda is a pit fighter who catches the eye of an ehrekh, an evil creature created ages ago by the god of chaos. She …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Vintage Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Version Control by Dexter Palmer is a Science Fiction novel, heavy on the science side and low on the fantastic. The upside is the reader might learn more than a little about …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? The discovery of this series has been one of my reading highlights – and the reason I haven’t powered through all the books is because they are too good. I want to savor …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I have read a steady stream of positive reviews for this book, and being a bibliophile myself, I treated myself to this one a while ago. It was high time I got around to …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Wordfire Press Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Jarla Tangh Have you read this book? Wanna follow around a lesbian female bad–ass with only slightly more social skills than Lisbeth Salander of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame? Hey! I know it’s a different genre and there …
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: Science Fiction Publisher: Saga Press Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Joshua Palmatier Have you read this book? This is the first book of a series of humorous SF novels. Sort of a spoof of serious military SF. Premise: Roger Wilson Rogers has managed to get out of the military …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Daw Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Joshua Palmatier Have you read this book? The Operative is the second book in Gerald Brandt’s San Angeles sci-fi thriller series and it continues the story of Kris Merrill. Premise: In The Courier, Kris finds herself caught up in the …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In the Lamplight, by L. Jagi Lamplighter, delivers an entirely enthralling anthology of 16 speculative stories that run the gamut from horror to fantasy to science fiction to surreal. There wasn’t a bad one …
Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Sixteen year old Liam is an only child… at least until his 14 year-old sister Kari shows up, sporting an outfit that looks as though she just stepped out of a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, complete with sword. And …
Genre: Military Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Man and Machine, edited by Mike McPhail, is an anthology of 14 military short stories around the theme of replacing men in combat with artificial intelligence and machines. Table of Contents …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Shadows and Teeth was edited by R. Perez De Pereda or at least I think it was. It actually isn’t clear. But I won’t this against Darkwater Syndicate because this is an …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Imperiad Entertainment Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? {ratings] Just as the title says, there are two books here, The Thousand-Eyed Fear, by Derrick Ferguson and David W. Edwards and Q For Damnation, by Arlen M. Todd. The Thousand-Eyed Fear …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Chronicle Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I encountered the first book, The Falconer, at the beginning of the year and loved the intense, brutal writing style of this YA genre mash-up, so was delighted when this offering became …
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: Science Ficion Anthology Publisher: Third Flatiron Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Hyperpowers, edited by James Bascomb, is the 16th volume in the Third Flatiron series of anthologies. Over the last few years, Third Flatiron has published a series of themed anthologies, …
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: Science Fiction Dystopia Publisher: Signet Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Glitter, by Aprilynne Pike, is a tough one to classify, so I settled on dystopian science fiction. That’s because the world of Glitter is a pretty crappy world, and one I don’t …
