A woman goes hiking with her dog in the northern California mountains, searching for the hidden settlement her father calls home. After a long search she finds the encampment — really a small town — but her father is gone, along with every other person who lived in Wild Sign. Some time later, two FBI agents pay a surprise visit to Anna and Charles Cornick in Aspen Creek, Montana. The agents lay their cards on the table: The FBI is looking for an alliance with the werewolves,
March 19th, 2021. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 4.5 | Patricia Briggs | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Iron Gray Sea by Taylor Anderson
Iron Gray Sea (2012), the seventh book in Taylor Anderson’s DESTROYERMEN series, begins with the sinking of a battleship and then a wedding. The remaining Destroyermen are all together to witness the marriage of Captain Matthew Reddy to Lt. Sandra Tucker, but soon they must disperse again because they and their allies are still fighting all over the world on several fronts, and they are spread thin.
Their own technology is advancing rapidly but, with the help of the Japanese,
July 9th, 2013. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Taylor Anderson | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Magic on the Line by Devon Monk
I’ve got to hand it to Devon Monk: she scares the daylights out of me, in a really good way. Earlier this year she sent chills down my spine with the blood-and-steam magic of Dead Iron. The latest ALLIE BECKSTROM installment, Magic on the Line, is just as chilling, for at least three reasons:
One, something has gone terribly wrong with magic. Allie gets sick every time she tries to cast spells;
November 14th, 2011. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 4 | Devon Monk | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
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