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Alternate Routes by Tim Powers Book Review

Alternate Routes [Amazon link] is a combination of the myth of Daedalus and the horror with which long-time residents of Los Angeles regard their infamous freeway system. I’m not an Angeleno, but I don’t find a supernatural conjunction between the LA freeways and the Minotaur’s Labyrinth at

Get all Seven Cradle Books by Will Wight Free

Will Wight announced that he is giving away the first seven volumes of Cradle free on Amazon from October 5 - 7. If you haven’t tried this series before, this is a good opportunity to get into it. Take a look at my review of Unsouled to whet your

Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers Book Review

Dinner at Deviant’s Palace [Amazon link] is a bit unusual for a Tim Powers’ book, a post-apocalyptic adventure rather than a secret history. In my own mind, it has been overshadowed a bit by The Anubis Gates [Amazon link], possibly Powers’ most famous novel, released two years earlier. Yet,

Five Maidens on the Pentagram by J. Manfred Weichsel Book Review

Five Maidens on the Pentagram [Amazon link] is another brutally funny and devilishly inappropriate satire from J. Manfred Weichsel. I saw another review that described Weichsel’s style as “shoot the hostages”. Since I can’t phrase it any better than that, I will shamelessly steal it. Absolutely no one

Wintersteel by Will Wight up for pre-order

Will Wight’s latest entry in the Cradle series, Wintersteel, is up for pre-order in both ebook and audiobook formats today. [Amazon links] I will admit that I wasn’t really sold on the audiobook until I heard Travis Baldree’s narration for Uncrowned, which was an absolute blast. My

Book Recommendations for a Nine Year Old

I was recently asked by a friend for book recommendations for a nine year old with a middle school reading level. No sex, but some violence. Series are nice. I can help with that! I thought it would be an interesting cross-section of American juvenile adventure fiction over the last

The Last Archon: Atlantean Knights Book 1 by Richard Watts Book Review

Richard Watt’s The Last Archon [Silver Empire affiliate link] offers us the Heroes Unleashed version of a classic tale: a grumpy old guy and his impetuous protege. Together, they clean up the streets of Atlanta. Then Watt adds in a pretty young girl with the gift of prophecy, a