#1. Do you like adventure? Are you a treasure hunter trapped in an average Jane or Joe's body? Go to #3. If not, go to #6 #2. Are you ready to encounter drows, gnomes, orcs, dwarfs, goblins, and huge hairy spiders? Yes? Continue to #5. If this is getting too scary for you, go to... Continue Reading →
Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo (Mini Review)
Fate brings a shipwreck to the shores of Themyscira, the Amazons' island home. Diane makes the decision to defy her people edict not to leave the island. She jumps into the water to save a Warbringer, a young woman in a long line of catalysts that have started wars and famine through the ages. Wonder... Continue Reading →
The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark
Set in an alternative steampunked 1871 New Orleans, P. Djeli Clark's novella The Black God's Drum is a masterfully told tale of a street girl named Creeper, who is trying her best to pull herself up out of the muck. In an atmosphere of simmering truces, Creeper sees an opportunity when she overhears a weapon... Continue Reading →
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Roman Emperor Claudius was poisoned by his slave Halotus. The very one whose job it was to taste and deem his food safe. The secret service has been used by many presidents to sample and keep them from harm's way. And some say the current administration goes to McDonald's to avoid poisoning (some irony there).... Continue Reading →
Mirage by Somaiya Daud
‘Happiness is rebellion, but it will not win the war.’ On the night of the initiation ceremony into her clan, eighteen-year-old Amani is abducted from her family to become a political decoy for the princess of the regime that has conquered her family’s world. Body doubles are used to sample food and take bullets, to... Continue Reading →