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sFantasy and Adventure New Release Roundup – 10 February 2018
Saturday , 10, February 2018 Uncategorized Leave a commentThis week’s roundup of the newest fantasy and adventure releases features an escape from an enchanted library, the return of the South’s most capable general, a Special Forces raid on a North Korean nuclear facility, and a quartet of new epic fantasy series covering a range of settings from the mythological to high fantasy. Behind […]
Short Reviews – Fog of the Forgotten, by Basil Wells
Friday , 9, February 2018 Uncategorized 2 CommentsFog of the Forgotten by Basil Wells appeared in the Winter 1946 issue of Planet Stories. It can be read here at Archive.org. As my regular readers might know, Basil Wells’ Raiders of the Second Moon is one of my all-time favorite pulp stories. It seemed so easy to convert into a D&D adventure […]
New Release Spotlight: THE DOTARI SALVATION
Thursday , 8, February 2018 Just Released Leave a commentWhen The Terran Union has a mission that must not fail, it calls upon the Strike Marines. They are trained to improvise, adapt, overcome and win every fight. A deadly disease threatens the Dotari, Earth’s allies, with extinction. The cure lies in deep space, and Lieutenant Hoffman and his team will join the starship Breitenfeld as it […]
“You took one of my old uniforms from that hut on the Caribou River. When I arrived at Headquarters to receive my promotion to sergeant, I was informed of a corporal of the Mounted Police who had a habit of scalping enemies, of stabbing the hands of priests, of saving the parents of kidnapped children, […]
An Excerpt from FIRST ON THE MOON
Wednesday , 7, February 2018 Fiction, Publications Leave a commentThe U.S. mission to the Moon was top secret, and yet somehow, the enemy not only found out about it, but managed to assassinate the mission’s commander. Now Adam Crag has the responsibility for commanding the first manned mission to the Moon… but when Aztec gets there, will they be alone? FIRST ON THE MOON by […]
Comics legend Chuck Dixon is a man of action. And in addition to writing more comic book pages than anyone else outside of Japan, he has also written a number of novels, including the Bad Times series. It has been both a pleasure and a professional learning experience working with him on Alt★Hero and Avalon, so we are very pleased […]
The first in a new fantasy series by Brian D. Anderson. Thousands of years after the war of the ancients, a single bastion of human life survives – The Vale. And at its core the magnificent city of Troi. Here the mana flows from the great power station, bringing light and life to all. It […]
The Toys That Made Us: You Can’t GET Soap Operas This Good!
Monday , 5, February 2018 Movies 1 CommentA few weeks ago, after my G.I. Joe review, someone clued me in on The Toys That Made Us, a Netflix documentary series about the hottest toys of the last century, including (of course) Kenner’s Star Wars line, Barbie, He-Man, and G.I. Joe. (The series claims it’s 8 episodes long, but only 4 are online. I […]
Dark Legion Comics New Release: REBEL DEAD REVENGE #1
Monday , 5, February 2018 Comics, News Leave a commentWe are very pleased to announce the release of the digital edition of the first Dark Legion Comics book. Rebel Dead Revenge #1: Stonewall’s Arm by Savage Sword of Conan artist Gary Kwapisz is now available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited. O Death, where is thy general? Confederate general Stonewall Jackson has fallen, mortally wounded at the Battle […]
Arkhaven is pleased to announce that after more than 400 votes were cast, the following books were chosen to serve as the basis for the graphic novels by the backers. The Green Knight’s Squire (31.3%) The Stars Came Back (17.2% ) This means that the first 12 issues will be based on the John C. Wright trilogy, […]
Sensor Sweep: Emil Petaja, Battle of Hastings, Polish Legions, and Pirates
Monday , 5, February 2018 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentFiction (DMR Books): “ ‘Swords of the Red Brotherhood’ appears to take place before “Black Vulmea’s Vengeance.” It’s essentially the same story as the Conan yarn “The Black Stranger”, recycled with a different protagonist. In both stories, a tainted noble with a relentless enemy has fled to a distant, savage coast and hidden there, until […]
The terror is daimonic. The sorcery is real. But enough bullets will kill even the most dangerous supernatural operator. HAMMER OF THE WITCHES is the second volume of The Covenant Chronicles, the supernatural Mil-SF series by Kai Wai Cheah, Hugo-nominated author of Flashpoint: Titan. Hesperians loved to see themselves as the good guys fighting for the […]