Huge thank you to Adrian for allowing us to help out with the cover reveal for his debut urban fantasy novel Mushroom Blues. More information about the cover and the book can be found below, but I don't want to hold you up too long. So here it is! Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report #1) Isn't it stunning!? I personally love the colors and the details in the background. This amazing cover was created by the equally amazing Felix Ortiz, and design was done by the author himself. The book will be releasing on March 19th,...
My Most Anticipated 2024 Releases – Part 2
The second part of my most anticipated release for 2024 is comprised of indie fantasy and sci-fi titles. Due to the generally faster paced nature of indie publishing compared to trad, not all information for these titles is available, including sometimes the title. I tried to include as much information about each as I could find though. I have separated the books into 2 categories, the first being standalones or first entries in a series, so you can jump straight into any of those books. The second category being sequels to a series I have already started. I am also...
My Most Anticipated 2024 Releases – Part 1
As always, 2024 is shaping up to be a packed reading year for me, with many more books I want to read than I have the time to read. I am catching up on a few older series this year, but there are also quite a few new releases that I want to make time for in 2024. Since there are so many, and because release dates are often clearer for traditionally published books, I decided to split my list between trad and indie books. If I had to pick my most anticipated release for the year, it would probably...
Quinn’s Top 10 Reads of 2023
2023 was my best reading year yet, both in quantity as well as quality. I am currently sitting at 95 books read, all of them either sci-fi or fantasy. This was the year I discovered the wonderful self-published SFF community, which completely derailed my reading plan for the year (sorry Wheel of Time), and also skewed my list heavily towards self-pub. Narrowing down the list to only 10 was extremely challenging, but it had to be done. I present my top 10 reads for 2023, with a few caveats. Numbers 10-4 are in no particular order, only 1-3 are ranked...
Bold Ascension by Vaughn Roycroft
Summary The gods favor the bold, they say, and Vahldan believed it. His boldness had led him to victory against the Spali, earned him the futhark sword, and made him the Lion Lord of the Amalus. Now he sought the power to lead his clan back to glory, and to bring those who oppressed his people to justice. He was well on his way to fulfilling the oath he’d made to his dying father. But his father had never seen the wealth of the stone cities that lined Pontea’s shores… The seeress had prophesied that Vahldan was the Bringer of...
The Hunter’s Lament by Steve Pannett
Summary Infamous bounty hunter Bitter Sweet has led his crew of like-minded miscreants for nearly three decades. They can track and capture any man or woman in the known world…for a price. But Sweet is tired. Decades of pursuing the lowest reaches that humanity has to offer have taken their toll. The grime, the lies, the danger, the death. He’s sick of it all. But it’s the only business he knows, and business is good in the aftermath of a long and bloody war. The unstoppable armies of the Vol Empire have conquered Pratia, obliterating all opposition and occupying the...
The Way of Mortals by Blake Carpenter
Summary In the city of Bhai Mandwa, towers of steel and glass reach for the sky while boiler-cars roll along streets that are inhabited by gangsters, demonic assassins, inept policemen and wandering ghosts. More than a million people call the city home, one in the midst of an industrial revolution, torn between the traditions of the old world and a new, frightening future. Below, the Genja River flows, waters possessed by spirits and magic from ancient times. Prem Marantha, third of four royal sisters, was kidnapped and trained to kill as a child. Upon returning home after her long absence,...
Shadows of Nyn’Dira by H.C. Newell
Summary Deep within the forests of Nyn’Dira, darkness rises, and Neer finds herself hunted at every turn. Fleeing from relentless enemies and vicious creatures of darkness, she embarks on a treacherous journey through the dangerous woodlands in search of strength and salvation. As the humans push further into the forbidden lands, the Nasir and his men close in, finding strength in the blood of the innocent. With the balance beginning to shift, Neer is caught in a war she was never meant to be in, and is forced to make a decision that could change the tides of fate, or...
All of Our Sins by Yuval Kordov
Summary “The mountains became plains, and the seas boiled into deserts.” So went the earth. First came the World War, humanity’s suicide. Then came the War against Hell, humanity’s redemption. Esther, the Eternal One, led the way from darkness to light. A new order, by her will. So went civilization. For a time. But as history fades and the Eternal One’s yoke tightens, man turns upon man once more. Ancient dreams of independence rise in Cathedral’s shadow. Bastion’s vengeance awakens. War beckons. And Hell is watching. Review The best word I can use to describe All of Our Sins is...
No Safe Haven by James Lloyd Dulin
Summary Anger will not be quenched by blood alone. The Missing, a rebel army that is little more than a rumor, may be Kaylo’s only path to exact his vengeance against the empire that claimed his home and killed his family. If it means a chance to balance the blood he owes, he will steal spirits and become the Missing’s tool, as long as they aim him in the right direction. Eighteen years later, a war is raging between factions for control of Ennea. With Tayen, Kaylo, and Nix caught in the middle of a power struggle—Kaylo will have to...