The occasion of a new TJ Klune novel is cause for celebration. His characters, who sometimes seem like members of the band of misfit toys (and I say that with great affection), are engaging, vital, funny, charming, and tragic. His plots are involving and propulsive. They’re meaningful. They say something, So when I received a copy of Klune’s new novel, We Burned So Bright, I couldn’t wait to dig right in. It’s about Don and […]
In Bane of All Things we arrive to the Four Kingdoms. Here the Holy Clerisy preaches that the gods are dead, and prayer is the path to Hell. Anyone who defies doctrine is punished for heresy. But blind faith can damn a soul as surely as betrayal. One bitter winter’s night, Ryn Ruscroft, once sworn to serve as the Clerisy’s loyal soldier, finds himself torn between conscience and duty. Those slain include his best friend, […]
The second book in Bevan Knight’s “Seeds of Time” trilogy, Earthlight, follows a family struggling with the difficulties of the 21st century. The difficulties are compounded when they encounter the extraterrestrial Croans. Knight depicts the harsh realities of what may await humanity in the near future, specifically near the end of the 21st century, including difficult conditions people must endure, the trials and tribulations unfolding in their lives, something that is compounded by the arrival […]
The planet will only continue to host our species as long as we remain respectful guests. That’s the premise of The Legacy, a suspenseful fantasy thriller with a glimpse into the world of the paranormal. Ellen was born to suffer and watch those around her succumb to their misfortune. With the deaths of both of her natural parents, Ellen experiences more sadness, loss and tragedy than most people would endure during several lifetimes. Clayton, the […]
Alchemy of Glass, the sequel to Barbara Barnett’s Bram Stoker Award-nominated The Apothecary’s Curse, connects an epidemic in 1826 London, the fatal disease of a young girl in modern Chicago, and an ancient ruined monastery. These three things converge to threaten a catastrophic future. In the catacombs of the monastery, hidden away in the Eildon Hills of Scotland, a land of myth and mystery—the place where immortal apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune found sanctuary as a lad—Gaelan […]
The Gates of Avalon: Path of the Ghost Warrior by Karl R. Krueger creates a world disappearing thousands of centuries before our time. “The old ones” have left behind five great artifacts. These artifacts act as seemingly harmless gates until the mighty warriors of Asgaard fall in a night, as the gates unleash blood and flames. The empire knows that the darkness has swallowed them and they do not stand a chance against this new […]
King Balathaar Rain had a dilemma. He knew his beloved eldest son, Shilathaar, was unworthy of the throne and that his youngest son, Dymondo, was the better leader. Yet his love for Shilathaar blinded him to the injustice he would do to his citizens by not giving control of the Kingdom of Landsfor to its rightful heir. Before his death, in a cowardly compromise, the King divided his four-island kingdom into three parts, giving control […]
Author, G.W. Mullins, follows up his debut adult dark fantasy Rise Of The Snow Queen Book One: The Polar Bear King, with the second book in a four-part series. What begins as a simple bittersweet tale about a man turned into a polar bear, grandly unfolds into a rich, mythical adventure in the bestselling Rise Of The Snow Queen series. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, author G.W. Mullins expands on the story, creating […]
Writers of the Future announced a free online writing workshop resulting in over 1,000 sign-ups in the first 72 hours from over a dozen countries. I hope viewers will be encouraged to write, and to write better. There are great stories as yet unwritten; I hope the viewers of this course will write them so I can read them.” — Orson Scott Card When Writers of the Future announced a free online creative writing workshop […]
A short story by Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear (Hammered, The Red-Stained Wings) has been acquired by Spyglass Entertainment. The adaptation will be written by the 10 Cloverfield Lane writing team of Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken. The story, “Covenant” was originally published in the anthology series Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future. A creepy science fiction story, it was published intact in Slate in 2014. You can read it here. Hieroglyph: Stories […]
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