Imperia by Jason Hatcher
Though not Japanese himself, Hatcher […]
Review: Lucid Dreaming by Cassandra Page ★★★★★
Melaina could be considered a fairly average woman, all things considered. She’s getting out in the world, she runs her own business as a “dream therapist,” and she gets by… just about. Of course, there is one very particular perk to her vocation: she’s half-Oneiroi; a dream spirit. Being able to control people’s dreams really gives her a leg up in the biz’. But there’s always a downside to these things, and for Melaina that downside comes in the form of a very interesting client, and the hell he brings to her doorstep. The nightmare has woken, and it’s very, […]
The Sixteen Burdens by David Khalaf
The main thing to say about this book is: Wow. This is the kind of book you hope will get attention, so please pay […]
Exile (Bloodforge Book 1) by Tom Stacey
Exile (Bloodforge Book 1) by Tom Stacey is an epic fantasy novel that heralds the beginning of an exciting new series. The Verian Empire is in shambles – on the edge of war, in the past and on the horizon – a land where heroes no longer remain. Out of this chaos, new heroes emerge to fight the Echoes, demons in a human facade, who want to claim this land for their own.
Stacey is a born fantasy writer. Exile has all the elements of a strong epic fantasy: a detailed world that feels like a real place, complete with […]
Review: Seeds of Hatred by Christian Nadeau ★★★
The lands of humanity are slipping into chaos. The Brotherhood of Khan reigns with an iron, tyrannical fist. The aristocracy displays hollow smiles and plots to regain lost power. The Fey lurk on the fringes, harboring centuries-old resentments. The Abraxans, servants of darkness, make ready to unleash a series of crippling attacks, while the Ezekans, cult of light, frantically struggle to weather the impending storm. Allegiances crumble, assassins eliminate targets, and fanatics burn it all. Behind the turmoil, ancients join the game. War is inevitable.
Into this bedlam of […]
Review: D-Nine – Protectors Of The Crown by Magus Tor
★★★★½ 
In this unusual fantasy offering, Magus Tor spins his magic by taking the fantasy genre a new and pertinent step further with this transgender-charged quest adventure. When Dr. James. a male medical professional gets a huge migraine-like headache he starts hallucinating Lord Of The Rings-style rooms in which he seems to be the protagonist – in the form of Princess Sarabeth, a teenage royal charged with the defense of her nation, but currently suffering amnesia and unable to remember her purpose – against a ticking clock of betrayal by a secret society known as the D-Nine, working underground […]
An Interview With Author Helen Harper
Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
Night Shade is the first book in the Dreamweaver trilogy. Essentially, it follows a young woman called Zoe who suffers from agoraphobia and is terrified from both going outside and having strangers visit her home. When a tragedy happens right on her very doorstep, however, something inside her is unlocked and she realises she doesn’t need to leave her home – simply by falling asleep she can enter the Dream Lands, a strange place where it seems almost anything can happen. The first person she encounters there is a […]
Review: Xodus by K. J. McPike ★★★★★
Xodus, by K. J. McPike, is an action-packed young adult urban fantasy.
Lali Yavari can’t believe something she just witnessed. Was it a dream even though it seemed so real? It had to be a dream, she rationalizes. But when she continues to witness strange events and seeing people disappear, she can no longer deny something strange is going on and it’s not a dream.
When Kai Awana enrols in her school, Lali learns that she can astral project, an ability she inherited from her mother. Lali’s mother mysteriously left her family weeks before. Kai needs Lali’s help to […]