Science Fiction Adventures

7 Books That Are So Confusing (In the Best Way)

When was the last time you were fully immersed in a book? When you looked up from the page and took a moment to remember where you were, when the last time you drank water was, and wondered, since when had the sun gone down? For a lot of us,…

Cameron KimballNovember 4, 2024

Fiction

Keanu Reeves and China Miéville Join Forces in Psychedelic “The Book of Elsewhere”

B is surviving, but not living. Existing with unconscious effort for over eighty thousand years, brought forth by a myth-spinning mother and lightning bolt of a father, he has been a weapon from birth and cannot avoid a life dedicated to killing, though he cannot die himself. Such an existence…

C RunyonSeptember 16, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Explore the Mysteries of Time in Grand Sci-Fi Adventure

Get ready for your next go-to sci-fi adventure! The Chronos Resurgence: Echoes of Time by James Dennis is a story of love, unity and the profound mysteries of time, of one man’s epic journey into a world where science fiction and reality converge. In the futuristic metropolis of Prime Meridian,…

Katie BloomerAugust 2, 2024

Fiction

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

Fiction Recommended Save the World

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

Fiction Recommended

Sci-Fi Novel Shows Path Toward World Peace in Face of Extinction

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." — Neil Armstrong Those are the words that came to mind as I neared the end of David Brown’s debut sci-fi novel, A Gigantic Leap: First Contact. Like these iconic words, Brown’s novel evokes feelings of exhilaration and empowerment…

Katie BloomerSeptember 29, 2023

Fiction

The Supervillain Business is Tough in New Fantasy from Tor Books

For cat owners, it is a truth universally acknowledged that we could never know all there is to know about our felines. Despite our best efforts, cats remain mysterious and often elusive, especially if they’re outdoor travelers. Where do they visit on their day trips? In John Scalzi’s newest novel,…

C RunyonSeptember 25, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Thrilling Novel of Scuba Diver’s Search for Closure in Belly of a Whale

How far would you go to gain closure? I’m willing to bet it wouldn’t compare to the length Jay Gardiner goes in Daniel Kraus’ new thriller, Whalefall (MTV Books). Jay is 17 and his father Mitt passed some time ago. Due to rocky circumstances, at the time of his death…

C RunyonAugust 15, 2023

Fiction Thrillers Young Adult

Lost History and Aliens Clash in New Jon Land and Heather Graham Novel

Authors Heather Graham and Jon Land know their way around action-packed thrillers. They don’t mess around in their latest novel, Blood Moon (Tor Books), putting all of humanity in peril in this second of an ongoing series that began with The Rising. Graham and Land teleport the readers onto an Earth in which humanity faces attack from…

Dennis HetzelNovember 9, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

It is difficult to discuss Sea of Tranquility (Knopf), Emily St. John Mandel’s amazing sixth novel, without discussing the author. The two are so intertwined that it is impossible to determine where one ends and the other begins. In the opening pages, we are introduced to Edwin St. Andrew, the…

Jodé MillmanApril 19, 2022

Fiction

“Project Hail Mary” Launches Crusoe’s Desert Island Into the Stars

"Weir's finest work to date." — Brandon Sanderson —∞— Andy Weir isn’t the first author to do Robinson Crusoe stories, but he just might be the best. A Crusoe book has a similar premise as Daniel Defoe’s 1619 classic in which someone gets stranded on a real or metaphorical desert…

Dennis HetzelAugust 9, 2021

Fiction

“Journeyman:” An Epic Fantasy Quest and Unlikely Friendship

For a heavily armed mercenary, peacetime doesn’t pay. The barons, princes, kings and queens of the Twelve Nations have no need of warriors to wage wars or settle skirmishes. Journeyman, Robert M. Leonard’s first book in the Brotherhood of Freeswords fantasy series, is a well-told tale of adventure, magic, and…

Joanna PoncavageDecember 18, 2020

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

Andri E. Elia Returns In Supernatural Style With More Worldmaker Wisdom

Worldmaker of Yand-Polaris by Andri E. Elia is the celestial sequel to her first installment, Worldmaker of Yand-Yildun. This time, savage invaders from space, the k’tul, have all but destroyed the protagonist’s home world of Yand. Fleeing the aftermath of that war, Yanara, Worldmaker and Celestial Wizard, brings her wife,…

Judy MorenoFebruary 28, 2022

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

The Worldmaker, the Wordmaker: A Conversation With Andri Elia

Andri E. Elia’s sensational sci-fi Worldmaker of Yand-Yildun is a wild ride hurtling into the atmospheres of planets far, far away. On the planet Yand lives a species of winged humanoids, one of which is our protagonist, Yanara. She is an extraordinarily powerful wizard. She and her two spouses, her…

Judy MorenoOctober 25, 2021

Audiobooks Listicles Miscellany

10 February Audiobook Picks You’ll Love Listening To

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib's readers. This month, selections include several audiobooks perfect for rounding out Black History Month, a duke-themed romance, a fascinating memoir, pulse-pounding thrillers set in the past and the future, and more. Queue 'em up! This…

AudioFileFebruary 22, 2021

Listicles Listicles - Featured Young Adult

7 YA Fantasy Novels That Invent Captivating New Creatures

Sometimes you really just need to get out of your own life by getting into a book. A 600-page Russian drama? Not it. A thought-provoking nonfiction book that scares you into believing society truly is doomed? Not it. A cheery positivity book about gratitude? Overcompensating. What’s a reader to do?…

Judy MorenoJanuary 25, 2022

Science Fiction Adventures

7 Books That Are So Confusing (In the Best Way)

Explore the Mysteries of Time in Grand Sci-Fi Adventure

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

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

Sci-Fi Novel Shows Path Toward World Peace in Face of Extinction

Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

“Project Hail Mary” Launches Crusoe’s Desert Island Into the Stars

“Journeyman:” An Epic Fantasy Quest and Unlikely Friendship

Andri E. Elia Returns In Supernatural Style With More Worldmaker Wisdom

10 February Audiobook Picks You’ll Love Listening To

7 YA Fantasy Novels That Invent Captivating New Creatures

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