The Mongoliad Book 1 by multiple authors The Mongoliad Book 1 (via G*M*S Magazine) Epic sweep with lots of sword-fights, what’s not to like? By Megan Robertson Publisher’s blurb: “The first novel to be released in The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One, is an epic-within-an-epic, taking place in 13th century. In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords… … Read entire article »

THE LAST WEREWOLF by Glen Duncan Review by Ren Zelen While Vampires and Zombies have been jamming the highway to the bookshelves and multiplexes, Werewolves have largely been left to idle by the side of the literary road. With Glen Duncan’s protagonist, Jacob Marlowe, you get more than you bargain for: not just a man but a werewolf, not just a werewolf, but an existentially philosophical one. The novel is, ostensibly, a diary. The tale begins after a … Read entire article »

Blood Sins by Kay Hooper Review by Alexius White   Religion Colts are by design weird. They start out nice and all about god, but they always, always end by drinking the Kool-Aid. The Church of the Everlasting Sin is no different except for having a powerful psychic as its leader.  Written by Kay Hooper, Blood Sins is the second novel in the Blood series; yet, it is the 11th novel in the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series. The … Read entire article »

Hexed by Kevin Hearne Review by Alexius White What happens when you kill a god? Easy, all the other gods want you to kill their enemies (or Thor). This is one of the things Atticus O’Sullivan finds out in Hexed, by Kevin Hearne. Hexed is the second novel in the Iron Druid Chronicles. The first novel in the chronicles is Hounded, and the third is Hammered. I have already read Hammered. I loved it and gave it … Read entire article »

Dodge and Twist by Tony Lee Review by D.A Lascelles Imagine if Charles Dickens had written Ocean’s 11 and set it in Victorian London instead of modern day Las Vegas. Got that image in your head? Good. Now imagine that as well as this concept he had decided to write it as a sequel to one of his already published works. Actually, don’t bother doing that at all because you actually don’t need to. Dodge and Twist is … Read entire article »