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King David's Spaceship by Jerry Pournelle Book Review

King David’s Spaceship [Amazon link] is the first book by Jerry Pournelle I remember reading. I picked it up from the local library in 2006, and I could not put it down. Colonel Nathan MacKinnie’s desperate quest to find a forgotten database of ancient technology on a barbaric

War Demons: The Prodigal Son Book 1 by Russell Newquist Book Review

War Demons [Silver Empire affiliate link] is the veteran’s take on supernatural horror. Sometimes we casually refer to the men who come back from war suffering from PTSD and survivor’s guilt as demon-haunted; but for Michael Alexander it is anything but a metaphor. We now come to the

Come, Seeling Night: Paxton Locke Book 3 by Daniel Humphreys Book Review

After thwarting Tlaloc in the last volume, Paxton Locke now needs to retrieve his girlfriend from his mother’s clutches [Silver Empire affiliate link]. The only problem is he’s in top-secret need-to-know magician jail until Division M figures out what to do with him. Of course, hilarity ensues. You

Hell Spawn: Saint Tommy NYPD Book 1 by Declan Finn Book Review

Hell Spawn [Silver Empire affiliate link] is a dark night of the soul style spiritual crisis combined with a pretty grim police procedural. Detective Tommy Nolan stands out to everyone for his saintly disposition in a profession that is notorious for shattering innocence and producing boundless cynicism. His mettle will

Night's Black Agents by Daniel Humphreys: Paxton Locke Book 2 Review

Have I said I’m a sucker for any book [Silver Empire affiliate link] that mentions my hometown, Flagstaff, Arizona, even in passing? Paxton and his not-quite-girlfriend Cassie do simply pass through Flagstaff, as it is the junction between I-40 and I-17, on their way from Wisconsin to Arizona. Since

Space Viking by H. Beam Piper Book Review

You couldn’t get any more on the nose with the title Space Viking [Amazon link] than this book, which despite it’s space opera trappings, is a re-imagining of 9th or 10th century Europe, when intrepid men like Rollo secured their domains by wits and force of arms, while

The Hundred: Savage Wars Book 3 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Book Review

And now we return to our regularly scheduled programming. Gods & Legionnaires was a bit divisive among fans of the series, as it went deep into the rabbit hole that is the mind of a Savage, rather than primarily featuring military sci-fi action. That lack is more than made up