To Honor You Call Us by H. Paul Honsinger
The term “military science fiction” has, at times, been misused. The military part of the science fiction gets lost, and in essence you have something that loosely approximates combat in the future. To Honor You Call Us, book one of H. Paul Honsinger’s MAN OF WAR series, is not cut from that cloth and it was almost shockingly good.
Max Robichaux is a young Union Space Navy Lieutenant with a history. He’s made mistakes in the past,
January 22nd, 2015. John Hulet´s rating: 4.5 | H. Paul Honsinger | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Welcome to Brian Staveley, who’s on a blog tour for his second book, The Providence of Fire which I am greatly enjoying at this very moment. It’s outstanding! (I loved the first book, too.) Fittingly, he’s here to talk about the challenge of writing a sequel to a successful debut, and to ask you about sequels that you’ve enjoyed. One commenter will win a copy of both The Emperor’s Blades and The Providence of Fire. You don’t want to miss these books!
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January 15th, 2015. John Hulet | Brian Staveley | Thoughtful Thursday | 38 comments |
The Bishop’s Heir by Katherine Kurtz
The Bishop’s Heir is the first book in Katherine Kurtz’s trilogy called THE HISTORIES OF KING KELSON but it’s a direct sequel to High Deryni, the third book in her CHRONICLES OF DERYNI trilogy. (Did you get that?) To get the most out of The Bishop’s Heir, you really need to read THE CHRONICLES OF DERYNI first. This review of The Bishop’s Heir will contain a couple of spoilers for the original trilogy.
January 14th, 2015. Kat Hooper and John Hulet | Katherine Kurtz | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Andromeda’s Fall by William C. Dietz
Andromeda’s Fall is the start of a new prequel trilogy related to William C. Dietz’s LEGION OF THE DAMNED and it’s a fine place for someone to enter this good military science fiction series.
Catherine Carletto is Empire nobility. Her family is incredibly powerful and wealthy and Catherine is on a sort of debutante tour after finishing college. She’s pretty, she’s rich and so everyone on the planets she visits wants to meet her. In the midst of a social event she is attacked by a Synth,
January 8th, 2015. John Hulet´s rating: 3.5 | William C. Dietz | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Vacant is the fourth book in Alex Hughes’ MINDSPACE INVESTIGATIONS. I absolutely loved the first three books, Clean, Sharp, and Marked (read my reviews) and this has been my favorite series for the past couple of years. Marked was my favorite book of 2013. However, I didn’t like Vacant as well and I hope (and expect) that this is just a minor setback in the series.
December 26th, 2014. John Hulet´s rating: 2.5 | Alex Hughes | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Heritage of Cyador by L.E. Modesitt Jr
Heritage of Cyador is the eighteenth book in L.E. Modesitt Jr’s SAGA OF RECLUCE and is the immediate sequel to Cyador’s Heirs. It continues the story of Lerial, the second son of the Duke of Cigoerne. This is a typical Modesitt novel, which means it follows the pattern of having different political parties wrangling back and forth with each other until a hero is forced to use his magical skills in some unique and unexpected way to save the day.
December 23rd, 2014. John Hulet´s rating: 3 | L.E. Modesitt_Jr | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Today we’re participating in a blog tour and scavenger hunt to promote Alex Hughes‘ new novel Vacant, book four in her MINDSPACE INVESTIGATIONS series. This is my current favorite urban fantasy series. There are two chances to be a winner (you can try for both):
1. We’re giving away an ebook copy of any of the novels — your choice. Just comment below to enter the giveaway.
2. In the following post, you’ll find the next clue in a “CLUE-like”
December 18th, 2014. John Hulet | Alex Hughes | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 15 comments |
Drawn Blades by Kelly McCullough
Drawn Blades is the fifth book in Kelly McCullough’s FALLEN BLADE series. This review will contain spoilers for the previous books.
Aral Kingslayer has finally emerged from his mental paralysis after the death of his Goddess, Namara. It has taken eight years, a lot of alcohol and the death of some friends for Aral to reach this point. With a new-found set of ideals, Aral is ready to start making a difference.
Siri Mythkiller was the First Blade of the order of Namara before its fall.
November 14th, 2014. John Hulet´s rating: 3 | Kelly McCullough | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone
With each book in THE CRAFT SEQUENCE series I feel more and more out of joint, but intrigued at the same time. Max Gladstone continues to play with concepts like gods and souls in ways that feel very familiar and completely alien all at once. Throw in a lot of reverse gender and religious stereotypes and the world this series depicts is something new and wildly different.
Kai is a priestess working for the ruling order/corporation on the island of Kavekana. The whole feel of the island is very Polynesian for me,
November 13th, 2014. John Hulet and Bill Capossere´s rating: 4 | Max Gladstone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Editor’s note: This review may contain spoilers
Book three of M.L. Brennan’s GENERATION V series and Fortitude Scott is starting to annoy me. Why? Because Fort’s progressive, do-gooder attitudes are eventually going to get a lot of people killed if he keeps siding with groups other than his family.
After the big conflict with the Elves (Ad-Hene) that led to Prudence, his older sister, trying to force his final transition to becoming a full vampire, Fortitude has been taking on more and more responsibility within the family business.
November 6th, 2014. John Hulet´s rating: 3.5 | M.L. Brennan | SFF Reviews | 8 comments |
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…
this sounds like a fun one