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Forget Nothing by Michelle C. Meyers and Jason Anspach Book Review

Forget Nothing [Amazon link] by Michelle C. Meyers and Jason Anspach tells the backstory of Andien Broxin, a character introduced in in the very first Galaxy’s Edge novel, Legionnaire. This book has military geekery, desperate firefights, and dirty politics. You absolutely do not need to have to read all

Forgotten Ruin is Here!

Today Forgotten Ruin is available on Amazon and Audible. I’m pretty excited to see where this series goes, both because I find it a lot of fun, and also because the authors are trying to build up their independence and ensure that they control their own IP as much

Forgotten Ruin by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Audiobook Review

Forgotten Ruin [Amazon link], the new audiobook by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole, narrated by Christopher Ryan Grant, is described by the authors as Tolkien meets Shock + Awe. I would describe it as a wonderful mashup of all of my favorite things in dudelit, the masculine adventure fiction that spans

Forgotten Ruin is Coming

Jason Anspach and Nick Cole have teamed up again to bring us Forgotten Ruin [Amazon link], a brand new series. Audible is releasing an audiobook narrated by Christopher Ryan Grant on March 1st, and if that’s not your style, ebook and paperback will be available on Amazon. I even

What readers like: Dune

Scott Locklin has a post up on The Fremen are Chechens: “Sabres of Paradise” as inspiration for Dune, in which he makes a compelling case that Frank Herbert’s Dune is based on Lesely Blanch’s Sabres of Paradise [Amazon links]. This is an interesting addition to my post last

Linkfest 2021-01-15

Why America is haunted by Ancient Rome Historian Tom Holland [not Spiderman] correctly identifies the current moment as roughly equivalent to the time when the Gracchi were murdered. Working Off-Grid Efficiently The voice of experience with relying on solar power and spotty wifi to conduct business. Woo for its own

The City of Illusions Yankee Republic Book 4 by Fenton Wood

The City of Illusions: Yankee Republic Book 4 [Amazon link] by Fenton Wood is Philo’s most fantastical adventure yet, as he traverses the Tower of the Bear, travels through time, and survives the challenges of the Obsidian Tower. As we are now four books into a five book series,