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Cradle collections free on Amazon

The three omnibus editions of Cradle that collect books 1-9 are free on Amazon for the next five days. I can’t recommend this series enough. Cradle: Foundation collects Unsouled, Soulsmith, and Blackflame. Unsouled: Cradle Book 1 Review Soulsmith: Cradle Book 2 Review Blackflame: Cradle Book 3 Review Cradle: Path

Dune Messiah Book Review

Dune: Messiah is the fulfillment of everything that Frank Herbert set up in Dune, the nemesis that inevitably follows hubris. I can see why is it something of a let-down after the magnificent achievement of Dune. There is very little adventure in Messiah, which Herbert blended so skillfully with tragedy

Called it: Dreadgod hit #1 on Amazon

Not that it is a hard prediction to make, as Will Wight always hits #1 on Amazon when he releases a new book.

Dreadgod by Will Wight is out today

Dreadgod, the eleventh volume in Will Wight’s popular Cradle series, is out today in ebook, paperback, and audiobook. The book is currently sitting at the top of science fiction and fantasy charts, but I expect that Wight will move up into the all books list today. Other books by

Uller Uprising Book Review

Everytime I read a book by H. Beam Piper, I’m sorry I slept on it for so long. Uller Uprising is a tightly plotted tale inspired by, but not a retelling of, the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. And it has a introduction of some of the hardest science I

Linkfest 2022-06-24: The End of the Hoplite

A great Twitter thread on how innovations in military doctrine amongst the Greeks changed the world. West Hunter: Flerov’s Gambit Georgy Flerov was a young nuclear physicist in the Soviet Union who ( in 1943) sent a letter to Stalin advocating an atomic bomb project. It is not clear that

Dune Book Review

After years of talking about Dune and its sequels by Frank Herbert, I’ve come to appreciate why the book is good enough to come back to again and again. The last time I read Frank Herbert’s Dune was about a decade ago, and I’ve spent that time