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Gritty, Paranormal “Throw Me to the Wolves” Asks if We Would Forsake One Family to Save Another

Throw Me to the Wolves (Black Spot Books) by Lindy Ryan and Christopher Brooks is an intriguing combination of supernatural thriller, paranormal romance and murder mystery — set in a small town near New Orleans where the dark forces conjured by a witch named Selena Stone lives long after she…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitMay 24, 2022

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Ayahuasca-Fueled Odyssey Transforms Into a Narrative of Spiritual Healing

Dozens of books have been published in the last 20 years on the subject of ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew made in part from DMT-containing plants indigenous to the Amazon. Most look from the “outside-in” at the chemistry and ethnobiology of its ingredients or the psychology and anthropology of its use.…

David ToddNovember 30, 2021

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A Banished Knight’s Love Rings out for His Queen

"A beautifully crafted setting with complex character dynamics and layers of political intrigue … Combined with Hunt's excellent plot machinations and stellar prose, the book makes for a memorable read." —Prairies Book Review —∞— Do you hear that? It’s a chime emanating from deep within the heart of a devoted…

BookTribJune 7, 2022

Fiction Recommended

New Grimdark Fantasy Full of Nuanced Characters, Action and Trauma

The high saturation of the Fantasy genre is both a blessing and a curse. With so many options inside a genre that lends itself to tropes, there is plenty for readers to explore, however some books can become lost in the chaff. With that being said, I’m happy to report…

Wyatt SemenukMarch 13, 2023

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Epic Fantasy Balances Love and Brutality on a Razor’s Edge

Chloe Gong’s Immortal Longings (Saga Press) is a captivating blend of stunning world building, fast-paced action and fascinating characters. In her adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Gong has crafted a tale that balances love and brutality on either end of a precarious, double-edged sword. A…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 25, 2023

Fiction

“House of Earth and Blood:” Welcome to Crescent City and a New Series of Magical Murders

Bryce Quinlan has it all — an apartment in Crescent City, her best friend for a roommate, even a new boyfriend. But when her closest friends are all the victims of a gruesome murder, Bryce finds herself alone and unable to move on. Hunt Athalar has nothing but the wings…

BookTribMarch 2, 2020

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Revolution Calls in Sarah J. Maas’s Spellbinding Sequel “House of Sky and Breath”

It’s hard getting back to normal after you just saved the world. That’s the struggle Bryce and Hunt find themselves dealing with in Sarah J. Maas’s newest release, House of Sky and Breath (Bloomsbury). This highly-anticipated sequel to the NYT bestseller House of Earth and Blood picks up in the…

BookTribMarch 9, 2022

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Sarah J. Maas Is Back in Exhilarating Return to the World of Crescent City

House of Flame and Shadow (Bloomsbury Publishing) is the highly anticipated third installment in bestselling author Sarah J. Maas’ Crescent City series. To say that I’ve been looking forward to this book for a long time is an understatement. If you’ve read Maas’ body of work, you know just what…

Kiersten BjorkMarch 13, 2024

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Speculative Debut Explores Life in the Shadows of a Surveillance State

Shadows exist as reminders of people’s crimes in this poetic, disturbing and hopeful debut from Marisa Crane. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself (Catapult) is a near-future, speculative sci-fi novel, set in an imagined United States that feels eerily similar to our own. The Department of Balance acts as the…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 6, 2023

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Thriller Revolving Around Self-Driving Cars Raises Complex Moral Issues

Civil Terror: Gridlock examines ambitious, near-future technology that is exploited to disastrous consequences. Self-driving, fully automated cars once seemed like a figment of an overactive imagination on the far horizon of possibility; but that future is now. Author and engineer J. Luke Bennecke keeps readers on edge with an action-packed…

Michael FerrySeptember 13, 2022

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Adventure, Betrayal & Supernatural Twists in High Concept Suspense Thriller

J. Luke Bennecke’s newest thriller, Echo From a Bayou, opens with a first line to rival that of any other book: “Never had I seen so many angry trees in one place.” Riding a gondola up to the summit of Mammoth Mountain, California, John Bastian tries to blow off steam on…

Michael FerryAugust 8, 2023

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Save the World as We Know It in This Terrifying Metaphysical Joyride

This discussion is one that’s still in progress — and probably will be for some time to come — so the boundaries aren’t clearly marked. The one thing however that many seem to agree on is that possibility — that is whether the elements of the novel could conceivably come…

Wyatt SemenukAugust 12, 2022

Fiction Recommended

Take Part in a Psychic Arms Race in Cosmic Science-Fiction Adventure

In my last review for Bill Harvey, I expounded on the difference between science fiction and fantasy, and eventually came to the conclusion that, as Ray Bradbury puts it, “Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two…

Wyatt SemenukJanuary 26, 2023

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Most of Humanity May Have Regressed to the Stone Age, But “Primitives” is a Work of Art

Is humanity worth saving? Time and time again, this question has been posed by popular media. From the Mad Max films and Octavia Butler’s The Parable of the Sower to productions as mainstream and recent as Marvel’s Eternals and AMC’s The Walking Dead, the question has been answered in just…

Wyatt SemenukJune 23, 2022

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A Mighty Wizard Defends Her Planet From Genocide While Raising Unconventional Family

This is Andri E. Elia’s Worldmaker of Yand-Yildun, a quirky mix of ancient sorcery, astrophysics, interstellar war, and sexually charged, leather-clad, sword-swinging aliens. Yanara, the number-one spellcaster, has powers that would put her right alongside a Marvel Comics superhero. (She is impervious to heat — “I can walk through lava,”…

David ToddOctober 13, 2021

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War Looms on the Horizon in This Action-Packed Epic Space Adventure

Worldmaker of Yand-Eltanin by Andri Elia is the third in the sprawling galactic saga, Worldmaker of Yand. This epic adventure blends science fiction with fantasy to create a universe as limitless as its author’s imagination. Strap in for a journey through space and time as our heroes fight to secure…

BookTribSeptember 7, 2023

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Gritty, Paranormal “Throw Me to the Wolves” Asks if We Would Forsake One Family to Save Another

Ayahuasca-Fueled Odyssey Transforms Into a Narrative of Spiritual Healing

A Banished Knight’s Love Rings out for His Queen

New Grimdark Fantasy Full of Nuanced Characters, Action and Trauma

“House of Earth and Blood:” Welcome to Crescent City and a New Series of Magical Murders

Revolution Calls in Sarah J. Maas’s Spellbinding Sequel “House of Sky and Breath”

Thriller Revolving Around Self-Driving Cars Raises Complex Moral Issues

Save the World as We Know It in This Terrifying Metaphysical Joyride

Take Part in a Psychic Arms Race in Cosmic Science-Fiction Adventure

Most of Humanity May Have Regressed to the Stone Age, But “Primitives” is a Work of Art

A Mighty Wizard Defends Her Planet From Genocide While Raising Unconventional Family

War Looms on the Horizon in This Action-Packed Epic Space Adventure

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