Review of ~ Arthur Conan Doyle – The Lost World (Professor Challenger #1)

9/10 “If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.” - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle This review will contain minor spoilers. Although Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, and Professor James Moriarty are Doyle's most known creations, Professor Challenger, the hot-tempered...

Review of ~ Tade Thompson – Rosewater

8.5/10 I received an uncorrected bound proof copy of Rosewater in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Tade Thompson and Orbit books for the opportunity. Set in Nigeria 2066, we follow Kaaro in the first person perspective. He is a complex yet interesting protagonist who is a psychic. He has two...

Review of ~ Brandon Sanderson – Snapshot

7.5/10 I received a review copy of Snapshot in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Brandon Sanderson and Gollancz for the opportunity. This novella arrived on my doorstep at 11:30 this morning. I picked it up, loved the cover, read the blurb and decided to stop what I was doing. I...

Review of ~ Mark Lawrence – One Word Kill

9/10 "Ugliness multiplies, and hurt spills over into hurt, and sometimes good things are just the fuel for evil's fire" I received an uncorrected proof copy of One Word Kill in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Mark Lawrence and 47North for approaching me to read this early.  On the 8th...

Review of ~ J.P Ashman – FALL

8/10 I received a review copy of FALL in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank J.P. Ashman for the opportunity. As this is a short story I will keep my musings brief too. FALL is an excellent cyberpunk action thriller that follows a female soldier called Senfel. As the only survivor...

Review of ~ Josiah Bancroft – Arm of the Sphinx (The Books of Babel #2)

9/10 To be posted on Fantasy Book Review shortly ~~ I received an advance reader copy of Arm of the Sphinx in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Josiah Bancroft and Orbit Books. Bancroft's second outing in The Books of Babel series was originally self-published in 2015 and has recently been...

Review of ~ Sam J. Miller – Blackfish City

7.5/10 I received an advanced review copy of Blackfish City in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Sam J. Miller and Orbit Books. The results of the climate wars were that the majority of the Earth was either flooded or burnt to rubble leaving very little in the way of habitual...

Review of ~ Michael R. Fletcher – Ghosts of Tomorrow

8/10 - Review to appear on Fantasy Book Review shortly. "Virtuality is the new reality" Within my online social circles, I have heard many amazing things about the writer Michael R. Fletcher. My peers were so influential that I decided to check out one of his books and I chose this one because of the...

Review of ~ Mike Russell – Strungballs

7/10 - I received a copy of Strungballs in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank the author and also, Jay the Strangebooks secretary for this opportunity. This review will contain minor spoilers. This is a short novella, numbering only 66 pages and when it commences, we are introduced to a young...

Review of ~ Nicholas Adams – Imprint

6.5/10 To commence, I would like to thank Nicholas Adams for sending me a copy of this novella in exchange for an honest review. Award-winning doctor Malcolm Silverstra finds himself exiled after a study of his that led to the creation of artificial organs which although revolutionary, to begin with, had unknown, unpredictable and sinister...