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Fantasyland meets Army Rangers, space elves lie, and the Wild West gets strange in this week’s new releases.  Bedlam (Dragon Wars #16) – Craig Halloran Blind-sided by the enemy is one thing, but side-blinded by your own cuts twice as deep.  The mission is simple, lay low until the time to reveal themselves comes, but […]

“If you can survive Reaper Platoon in the Strange, then Ghost or Dog Platoons will get you for their own. Best to steer clear of the freaks in Voodoo, kid.” Out on the far away world known as Crash, a civil war brews. One side desperately wants to throw off the yoke of the Monarchs […]

The Mongoose and the Meerkat, the mercenaries of Strange Company, and the Black Harrier’s sidekick grace this week’s new releases. Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense Spring 2021 – edited by P. Alexander “The Artomique Paradigm” – Michael Tierney Earth is now in contact with their intergalactic cousins! But during recent conflicts with […]

After a hundred years as a mercenary and bounty hunter, dwarf Jari Rockjaw has his eye on a quiet life of retirement on a homestead far away. But before he can buy the farm, he needs one last bounty: the head of the most infamous dwarven reiver in Labrys. But to cut through his target’s […]

Dragon songs, alien artifacts, and intergalactic secret societies are hidden in this week’s new releases. Alien Artifacts (Cade Korbin Chronicles #2) – Jasper T. Scott On his last job, Cade Korbin lost his ship, lost his credits, and barely escaped with his life, but it’s not over. His enemy is still out there, nursing a […]

March’s quick reviews cast a critical eye on Dungeon Duel, by eden Hudson and James Hunter, and Conquest: Icelandia, by Jean-Luc Isitin and Zivorad Radivojevic. Roark van Graf’s struggles have taken him from a deposed noble fighting against a tyrant to the basest cannon-fodder in an MMO to lord of a mighty alliance of dungeons. […]

Chain breakers, peacemakers, and emberfolk warriors stalk across this week’s new releases. The Age of Men (The Nightfall Wars #6) – Jacob Peppers Darkness reaches forth its taloned hands, and the shadows dance and caper in anticipation of the long night to come. A night that, should it have its way, will destroy the light […]

“Behold…the engines of death ride the sky. Every day they grow more numerous. Unless our nation bands together and ceases this endless wandering…we will disappear forever from the planet Elekton.” – Trigo the Mighty In the 1930s, an alien spacecraft crashed into the Florida swamps, the crew frozen at their posts. After many years of […]

Army Rangers ambush orcs, judges enlist prisoners, and renegade swords clash in this week’s new releases. Beggar’s Rebellion (Empire of Resonance #1) – L. W. Jacobs The Councilate controls everything except the truth. With it, he shall destroy an empire. Tai Kulga lost the rebellion and his best friend on the same day, stripping him […]

No, John DiFool, you understand nothing! I am not a computer. I am alive, just like you! And destiny has brought us together to restore justice to the universe. – The Incal The 1980s saw the pages of Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal filled the strange allegorical journey that is The Incal. Writer Alejandro Jodorowsky […]

Mysterious starships, alien invaders, magical queens, and betrayed dragons fill this week’s new releases. Ashes Fall (Ember War: The Ibarra Crusade #1) – Richard Fox Earth suffers under a brutal alien occupation. But one young man from beyond the galaxy’s edge brings hope. Ely Hale returns to the Earth with a desperate plea from his […]

The sequel to Alexander Hellene’s The Last Ancestor, entitled The Second Sojourn, has been recently released in ebook and paperback. With a forthcoming review in the works, let’s take a look back at the first of The Swordbringer series. Alexander Hellene’s The Last Ancestor follows the last remnant of Christianity in the galaxy, now on the alien […]