In preparation for the July 30th, 2013 release of Jason M. Hough’s debut novel, The Darwin Elevator (review), A Bitter Draft and Random House/Del Rey have teamed up for a giveaway of one paperback copy of the book! Here’s the blurb: “In the mid-23rd century, Darwin, Australia, stands as the last human city on Earth. The world has…
Review – The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough
Jason M. Hough’s The Darwin Elevator marks my foray back into sci-fi after six or so consecutive fantasy and historical fiction books. It’s books like this that make me want to read more of the genre – pure, pulse-pounding action. I really love the recent trend in which a series is finished and is being released in…
Review – Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
Retribution Falls is one rollercoaster ride of a book. There are some books that have one or two lines that make me smile due to their humor, but there were several in Retribution Falls that made me genuinely laugh out loud. I laugh a lot in life, but something needs to be truly funny for…
Top 5 Reads of the First Half of 2013 and 5 Most Anticipated Releases of the Second Half
Pardon the formatting on this post, it was maimed in the migration from Blogger to WordPress. I’ve read about 25 books so far this year, which is pretty good for me, though after seeing people reading at multiple times my rate, I think I need to step my game up. A Bitter Draft is only around 2…
Review – Blood Skies by Steven Montano
Blood Skies is the first in author Steven Montano’s series of the same name. The novel takes place in a dystopian Earth after it was ravaged by something called The Black. The world is composed of various factions and races, the primary being the human Southern Claw Alliance and the Ebon Cities, the vampire strongholds. After…