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In the final volume of Will Wight’s Cradle series, Waybound, Lindon and his friends prepare themselves for the daunting challenge of killing not just the three remaining kaiju Dreadgods rampaging across the world of Cradle, but the Monarchs that keep the kaiju in check. It’s a race against time, as each death empowers the monsters […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Birth of an Empire (The Frontiers Saga: Fringe Worlds #7) – Ryk Brown Getting to know old friends again… Getting their hands on improved tech… Unchaining the limits of their ability to […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Monster Farmer – D. B. King Some farmers grow corn. Some grow grain. He grows monsters. Erron plans to retire from adventuring to a little farm and live out his days raising […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Dragon Form (Blood of the Ancients #13) – Dan Michaelson and D. K. Holmberg An impossible power is coming. None are prepared. The power the heralds serve has begun to move, swallowing […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Dragon Lands (The Shadow’s Dragon #2) – Dustin Porta and D. K. Holmberg Treylen never thought he’d be hunting his own people. Least of all, family. In the mines of Wetherdin, a […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Combat Frame Ƶ XSeed (Combat Frame XSeed: S #3) – Brian Niemeier The Epic Mech Saga’s World-Rending Conclusion Betrayed by their makers … … their sole hope is vengeance. Humanity reels from the […]

The title says it all. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was not a movie I saw on release. I saw it at home, months later. And in truth, it made me mad. It made me mad not because it was bad. It made me mad because it was really, really good. It was exactly as good […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Ashes (The Ascendant Wars #3) – Rhett C. Bruno and M. B. Vance Humanity’s fate is in their hands… The Lucians have faltered in their fight against the cruel Ascendant overlord, Cef. […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Apocalypse Redux #3 – Jakob H. Greif The [System] was intended to be humanity’s salvation. But it turned out to be a double-edged sword that could just as easily lead to its […]

Mangos is the Mongoose, a skilled, boastful, and hotheaded swordsman, Kat is the Meerkat, a beautiful yet mysterious woman who favors the oblique approach to her well-chosen blade. Together, they’ll take on the conqueror of Alness to reclaim Kat’s throne. But a queen needs soldiers, and few are willing to join what may be yet […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. The Backbone of Surprise (The Transhuman War #1) – C. S. Ferguson and Greg Ferguson What do you do when the criminals are faster than the police? Artificial enhancement of humans is […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. The Awoken City (Rites of Resurrection #3) – Marshall J. Moore The Dead Are Waking Up. For three hundred years the Republic of Albastine’s dead have been resurrected as mindless servants who […]