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Underlord Book Review

Underlord: Cradle Book 6 by Will Wight Kindle Edition Published by Hidden Gnome Publishing (March 1, 2019) ASIN B07NJ3B6HN If you have been following along with the Cradle series, you will have a pretty good idea of what to expect by now. Our young protagonist, Wei Shi Lindon Arelius, will

Dragon and Thief Book Review

Dragon and Thief: Dragonback book 1 by Timothy Zahn 231 pages Published by Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (March 27, 2018) ASIN B079JC54C8 The Dragonback series is a what they now call a YA [Young Adult] series, but I still like the older designation of a juvenile novel, since

The Best of C. L. Moore Book Review

The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore 452 pages Published by Diversion Books (September 22, 2015) ASIN B07H15QVLC I had heard of Catherine Lucille Moore, but this was my first exposure to her work. I saw this collection of her short stories come on sale on Amazon,

Cobra book review

Cobra by Timothy Zahn 236 pages Published by Baen (2015) ASIN B00XLTZTIK When I read the cover blurb for this book, I expected something like the Blackcollar series: military sci-fi about super soldiers, cyborgs in this case instead of pharmaceutically enhanced ninjas. That impression is completely wrong. While there are

Cascade Point and other Stories book review

Cascade Point and other Stories by Timothy Zahn 405 pages Published by Bluejay Books (1986) ISBN 0-312-94041-6 Since I am working my way through Timothy Zahn’s back catalogue, when I saw this short story collection containing “Cascade Point”, the novella for which Zahn won the Hugo, I knew I

Pop Kult Warlord Book Review

Pop Kult Warlord: Soda Pop Soldier Book 2 by Nick Cole Kindle edition, 318 pages Published November 4th, 2018 by Castalia House ASIN B07K6SRSLW A man with decisions to make. Choices that weigh heavily on him. Heavy is the brow that wears the crown, someone once said. I may be

Thrawn: Alliances Book Review

Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn Del Rey (2018) 350 pages ISBN 978-0-525-48048-8 This book was a breath of fresh air for me. Timothy Zahn has written something that feels like an old-school Star Wars adventure in the new Star Wars canon. The Star Wars novels written since Disney nuked the