Mein Gott, a post! Boy, I haven’t posted in a damn long time. Somewhere over the past month and a half I seem to have lost my drive. I still love to read, just not at the voracious (not as voracious as many of you) pace that I had before. Maybe I started too hard or…
Dauntless by Jack Campbell
Originally posted at Bastard Books. This was the first full review I’d ever written. I’m relatively unexplored, so to speak, in the SciFi genre. I wanted a book that would be a quick, entertaining read, and Dauntless looked like it would fit the bill. If you’re looking for a book with a deep story with a cast of…
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Conor O’Malley is a thirteen-year-old boy living in modern England. Conor is haunted on a nightly basis by a terrible nightmare in which he wakes up bathed in sweat, shaking with fear. A night comes where he has a different nightmare, and a yew tree in his yard comes alive, calling his name. Conor is…
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
The Brothers of the Sixth Order are the swords of the realm. They kick ass and smite unbelievers. Vaelin Al Sorna was left at the doorstep of the Order when he was just a boy of ten, as his father rode off into the mist. Vaelin will spend the next many years training in the…
Fortune’s Pawn by Rachel Bach
Deviana Morris is the kind of woman who would fit right in in the Warhammer 40k world. She’s a quick-to-anger, ambitious, ass-kicking mercenary who loves to smash skulls, sleep around, and she drinks enough to put Homer Simpson to shame. She has her eye set on becoming a Devastator, an elite group of soldiers serving…