In a family where all women are taught the art of spell craft and men are instructed in the ways of shapeshifting, Aster is a young man whose heart does not want to follow the given path. His talents lie in the language of witchery, and no animal spirits seek to commune with him in... Continue Reading →
Clem Hetherington and the Ironwood Race by Jen Breach, Douglas Holgate (Illustrator)
Clem has run away from an orphanage with only her trusty robot Digory to protect her. She wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a famous archeologist, but told that she's too young and inexperienced to join a real dig. Yet, an opportunity arises from her past; her parents former assistant tracks her... Continue Reading →
The Unsinkable Walker Bean (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
Within a trench deep in the ocean lie two merwitches of such ugliness and rank demeanor... Angry that one of their prize magical skulls has been stolen. They will fixedly search it out over the high seas. Meanwhile, on his deathbed, Walker Bean's grandfather asks his grandson to return the cursed artifact to the depths... Continue Reading →
Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter by Marcus Sedgwick and Thomas Taylor (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
Orphaned, monster hunter Scarlett Hart and her guardians (butler Napoleon and his wife) are living bounty to bounty. Trying to follow in her storied parents' footsteps, Scarlett tracks zombie, devil hound, and ghost... but one man is trying to take her out and expose her as too young to be on the hunt. Slowly the... Continue Reading →
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu (Mini Review)
Bruce Wayne - Vehicle Code 23103. Reckless Driving. For the remainder of his senior year, and the summer before college, he has to do community service... at Arkham Asylum. Scared Straight. Gotham is rocked by the murder of a well-known philanthropist. A group of anarchists has been identified as the perpetrators. One is caught and... Continue Reading →