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With Dune, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and The Incal back in the cinema spotlight, most recently with the announcement of an Incal movie by Taika Waititi, let’s take a look back at the Castalia House Blog’s review of THE BLACK INCAL. No, John DiFool, you understand nothing! I am not a computer. I am alive, just like […]

This week’s new releases feature Israeli soldiers in another world, cormorant princesses, cosmic chi cultivation battles, and the continuing adventures of Perry Rhodan. Harbinger (Rise of the Peacemakers #10) – Kevin Ikenberry As the Omega War unfurls, the Peacemaker Guild has fallen into disarray. The mysterious Counselor has manipulated Guild Master Rsach’s Crusaders into a […]

“You are the first Arkonide who has ever set foot on this planet. In your body there are literally two worlds colliding.” When last we left Perry Rhodan, the astronaut had landed in the Gobi Desert, announced the presence of the Arkonides to Earth, and invited the world to come help found the new city […]

Alien invasions, fantastic swordswomen, benighted post-apocalyptic lands, and more! Blade of the Faithful (Origins of Gilia #1) – R. G. Long Kyne, a quiet warrior, is beaten and bloodied. Left for dead on an island beset with pirate attacks and a mysterious sickness, there’s little hope for his future. Though his wounds may heal, his […]

Dragon prince, time-traveling pilots, and Ember War crusades fill this week’s new releases. Drakon Prince – Jamie McFarlane Separated as a child from his family, Theo has always had a feeling that he’s made for something bigger than the suburban life he seems to be headed for. When a thug threatens his best friend, he […]

Failing empires, cast-off genetic super soldiers, and dragon charmers shine in this week’s new releases. A Dark Dawn (The Great War #5) – Ralph Kern The Dawn Empire’s light is fading. Admiral Ikson Koto has one chance to renew the flame before it is extinguished forever. To save the Empire from a slow death, he […]

With the turning of the leaves comes Cirsova’s Fall edition. And while this issue is packed with the conclusions to the audacious space opera “The Artomique Paradigm” and the grisly axe and sorcery comic “Badaxe”, and the short stories are filled with evil rains, black skulls, and Chinese mummies, sword and sorcery duo the Mongoose […]

Voyage to the Weird Weird West, online battlegrounds, and the land of Drunken Pharaohs in this week’s new releases. Commando (Battlegrounds Online #2) – Troy Osgood Eric McCaffrey has been playing Zag in the VRMMOFPS Battlegrounds Online for a while now. The more he plays, the more he realizes how deep he is getting into […]

Sometimes a title tells you exactly what’s going to happen in the story. J. Trevor Robinson’s The Mummy of Monte Cristo is one, splashing the classic adventure with a coat of monsters, magic, and blood. It is a thin coat, however, without rebuilding the venerable classic from the foundation up. Edmond Dantes’s search for vengeance […]

This week’s new releases are fill with vengeful spirits, apprentice alchemists, Israeli soldiers stranded in new worlds, and more. Alchemist Adept (The Alchemist #4) – D. K. Holmberg and Dan Michaelson Sam must master his connection to the source—and understand alchemy—if he wants to save the Academy. Sam had come to the Academy powerless and […]

Writer’s note: Recently my attention was drawn to the Ace Attorney series for the first time when a new game (2, actually) was released in the west, the “Great Ace Attorney Chronicles”. I learned that Sherlock Holmes (or technically, “Herlock Sholmes”) was in the game and it would be set in Victorian England. Since I […]