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Theatre of the Gods
The Eighth Court by Mike Shevdon
Please note The Eighth Court is the fourth book in The Courts of the Feyre series. It's entirely possible that this review may contain some spoilers if you've not read books one to three. Don't say I didn't warn ya!
The Eighth Court has been established, but petty rivalries and old disputes threaten its stability. The mongrels that make up the court are not helping, and Blackbird enlists the help of the warders to keep the peace.
Has Blackbird bitten off more than she can chew, and can the Read more [...]
Coming Soon: Any Other Name by Emma Newman
Any Other Name is the second novel in the Split Worlds series, following on directly after the events in Between Two Thorns. Cathy is secretly seeking a way out of Nether Society by helping Max and the gargoyle to investigate the murders in the Bath Chapter. When she learns more about the mysterious Agency which oils the wheels of life in the Nether it becomes clear that the privileged few are enjoying their existence at a price far higher than they realised. It's time to change Nether society, but Read more [...]
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it.
He wasn’t
He now has a passenger in his brain – an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing factions – the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix – the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides Read more [...]
Black Feathers by Joseph D’Lacey
It is the Black Dawn, a time of environmental apocalypse, the earth wracked and dying.
It is the Bright Day, a time long generations hence, when a peace has descended across the world.
In each era, a child shall be chosen. Their task is to find a dark messiah known only as the Crowman. But is he our saviour –or the final incarnation of evil?
Black Feathers, the latest novel from Joseph D’Lacey, is a story in two halves. The narrative alternates between a couple of separate, but interconnected Read more [...]
The Eloquent Page 2013 Preview
I do hope that everyone is having a relaxing and enjoyable festive season. Now that most of the serious over-indulgence is done with for another year, I thought it was about time to take a look at what new book-related loveliness is due in 2013.
Here are my top ten books I'm looking forward to reading in the next six months or so. Hope you enjoy.
Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth Powell
Publication Date: 3rd January
Publisher: Solaris
Genre: Simian Steampunk Science Fiction
The Read more [...]
A New Split Worlds Short Story from Emma Newman
Today, as an extra special just because it's Thursday treat, please enjoy a guest post from Emma Newman
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In 2013 the marvellous Angry Robot books will be publishing three Split Worlds novels, the first is out in March and is called "Between Two Thorns". This story is part of a crazy thing I decided to do before I got the book deal and was forging ahead with the project on my own: releasing a new story every week for a year and a day, hosted on a different site every time, Read more [...]
Exclusive Cover Reveal – The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher
There's nothing better on a grey autumnal Wednesday than some exciting news to brighten up your day. I'm delighted to exclusively reveal the stunning cover art for Adam Christopher's next novel - The Age Atomic. The artwork is by Will Staehle, the same artist responsible for the covers to Christopher's previous novels Empire State and Seven Wonders. Enjoy!
The sequel to Empire State – the superhero-noir fantasy thriller set in the other New York.
The Empire State is dying. The Fissure Read more [...]
Seven Wonders by Adam Christopher
Fear the might of… The Cowl!
Tony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling metropolis of San Ventura - a city utterly gripped by fear, a city under siege by the hooded supervillain, The Cowl.
When Tony develops super-powers and acts to take down The Cowl, however, he finds that the local superhero team, the Seven Wonders, aren't anything like as grateful as he assumed they would be...
I am, and always will be, a comic book geek at heart. Before I developed a passion for reading novels I grew Read more [...]
Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig
Please note Mockingbird is a direct sequel to Blackbirds and due to that fact it's entirely possible this review may contain minor spoilers. Consider yourself warned, people.
Miriam Black has a terrible talent.
The first time she touches someone, she will see the moment of their death. Still in her early twenties, she's foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, suicides, and slow deaths by cancer. It is all she can do to keep her talent – her curse – in check.
But when Read more [...]
Angry Robot To Take On A Mad Scientist
A tiny little morsel of news popped into my inbox and I felt the urge to share. The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke is being released in Febuary 2013 from Angry Robot Books.
Hmm, what more can I tell you? Well, here's the blurb...
There’s never been anyone - or anything - quite like Finn.
He looks, and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task is Read more [...]
vN by Madeline Ashby
Amy Peterson is a von Neumann machine, a self-replicating humanoid robot.
For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother’s past, so when her grandmother arrives and attacks her mother, little Amy wastes no time: she eats her alive.
Now she carries her malfunctioning granny as a partition on her memory drive, and she’s learning impossible things about her clade’s history – like the fact that Read more [...]