Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
“An exceptionally thoughtful, searching and intriguing debut.” James L. Cambias’s A Darkling Sea got a starred review in Kirkus Reviews! Here’s the full review, from the December 15th issue: Like Jupiter’s Europa, Ilmatar is a moon of a giant gas planet. Here, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick and beneath a deep ocean,…
“Like [Robert] Silverberg, who developed fully realized alien societies in such novels as Downward to the Earth…Cambias makes the Sholen and Ilmataran people and cultures as real as the more familiar human component. Beautifully written, with a story that captures the imagination the way SF should.” James L. Cambias’s A Darkling Sea got a starred…
“In this epic fantasy debut, Staveley has created a complex and richly detailed world filled with elite soldier-assassins, mystic warrior monks, serpentine politics, and ancient secrets. Readers of Sara Douglass’s Wayfarer novels and George R.R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” series should enjoy this opener.” Brian Staveley’s The Emperor’s Blades got a starred review…
“Everyone will find something to like here.” George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois’s Dangerous Women got a starred review in Kirkus Reviews! Here’s the full review, from the November 1st issue: Bold and deadly female characters of many genres stride through the pages of this massive anthology. When genre collections include this many big-name authors,…
“This meaty collection delivers something for nearly every reader’s taste as it explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones can plumb.” George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois’s Dangerous Women got a starred review in Publishers Weekly! Here’s the full review, from the October 7th issue: Venerable editors Martin…
“Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead…wow. Just—wow.” Ian Tregillis’s Something More Than Night got a starred review in Library Journal! Here’s the full review, from the October 15th issue: New, independent fantasy from the author of the fine Milkweed Triptych (Necessary Evil, 2013, etc.)—and it’s a doozy. Imagine a gumshoe noir yarn, embedded in a fundamentally theology-free…
“The wide selection of authors guarantees something to please almost every reader’s tastes.” George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois’s Dangerous Women got a starred review in Library Journal! Here’s the full review, from the October 15th issue: From Jim Butcher’s tale featuring Molly, protégée of Chicago mage Harry Dresden (“Bombshells”), to a side story by…
“Wolfe, in masterful mood, builds his characters, explores the puzzles, links the elements together and contrives to render the backdrop both intriguingly attractive and creepily sinister. Sheer enjoyment.” Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across got a starred review in Kirkus Reviews! Here’s the full review, from the October 1st issue: From the accomplished author of Home…
“Wolfe evokes Kafka, Bradbury, and The Twilight Zone in combining the implausible, creepy, and culturally alien to create a world where every action is motivated by its own internal logic, driving the story forward through the unexplored and incomprehensible.” Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across got a starred review in Publishers Weekly! Here’s the full review,…
“This is a deeply thoughtful, deliberately discomfiting book that will linger long and uneasily in the reader’s mind.” Robert Charles Wilson’s Burning Paradise got a starred review in Publishers Weekly! Here’s the full review, from the September 16th issue: Hugo-winner Wilson (The Chronoliths) casts a cold eye at SF clichés in this powerful novel designed…