Tag: scifi
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Book Review: Gretchen and the Bear
by Carrie Anne Noble publisher’s synopsis Sixteen-year-old Gretchen has been waiting forever to trade life on a dreary orbiting station for life on gloriously regenerated Earth. Still, visiting faerie-infested Britannia is not on her agenda—especially since no human who’s ventured there has ever returned. But when her stepsister sneaks off to the island to meet…
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Book Review: The Chaos Grid
by Lyndsey Lewellen publisher’s synopsis Cross the grid. Survive the storms. Let your destiny burn. When mankind’s attempts to control nature backfire, Texas descends into a wasteland. Storms rage and ravenous beasts roam the Outer Grid. The only safe havens rest inside the tech-obsessed domed cities. But when her parents are murdered inside the Plex…
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Book Review: Water’s Break
by Sophia L. Hansen publisher’s synopsis What if fear itself is the deadliest undercurrent of all? Nica would do anything to avoid the hassles of her sister’s bonding ceremony—the wrap fittings, hairstyles, and braided fire coral—but she never imagined that the waters covering her planet would be broken. As the heavens rained fire and stone,…
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Book Review: Hybrid
by Candace Kade publisher’s synopsis Lee Urban’s search for truth could destroy everything. After narrowly surviving several attempts on her life, Lee Urban retreats into hiding, seeking refuge with her family for the Lunar New Year. But the relaxing holiday turns into a heist when someone crashes the party with intel on the hybrid’s identity.…
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Book Review: Guardian
by Cathy McCrumb publisher’s synopsis The Recorder’s fate has been sealed, but the Consortium is not the only enemy. Labeled an aberration by the Consortium, the Recorder is not yet free. Time is running out as an engineered bioweapon wreaks havoc on friend and foe alike. Stopping both the biological agent and the people who…
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Book Review: Aberration
by Cathy McCrumb publisher’s synopsis Freedom Awaits, but the Consortium is Watching When rogue drones threaten citizens and the ship’s crew falls ill, the Recorder answers their call for help, once again drawing scrutiny from the Consortium. With no other option and under an Elder’s overbearing watch, she returns to Pallas Station where she nearly…
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Book Review: Steal Fire from the Gods
by Clint Hall publisher’s synopsis The Human Alliance knew the war was over when the machines started using magic to cast fire, shake the ground, conjure storms, and part the seas. We fought back anyway. 22-year-old soldier Gunnar Graves lost his faith and his family when a platoon of AI-driven war machines—led by an android…
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Book Review: Wither and Bloom
publisher’s synopsis LOVE IS A CHOICE A diverse collection of flash fiction, short stories, and poetry, Wither and Bloom explores the choice to love through trials and storms in all seasons of life—from new loves, lives built together, and long-lasting romances, to platonic love between family, friends, and strangers. Within these pages, you’ll be swept…
