“A lie is just another form of ownership.” The science fiction worlds of D.M. Wozniak are littered with intelligence, creativity, and emotionally relevant, present moment details, making them wonderfully satisfying to any reader. It is impossible to discuss/review The Indivisible and The Void without first...

The Engine Woman's Light by Laurel Anne Hill is a coming of age story with strong characters and an adventure that is as action-packed as it is mesmerizing. It is 1894 and an alternate world in California. Fifteen-year-old Juanita gets a vision in which a...

The Legend of the Lightscale is a work of fantasy fiction penned by author A.R. Cook, and forms book two of The Scale Seekers series. Set in a fantasy realm very far from our own world, the story picks up the action with our heroine...

Journey to the unconventional world of Nibb in the quirky fantasy novella, The Gift of the Quoxxel by Richard Titus. Beauty abounds in King Norr's kingdom of Nibb, where strange and odd are the norm. Surrounded by sea, Norr longs for the freedom and experiences...

Somewhere out there in the galaxy, a dark and evil force is waiting to annihilate humankind... and through the millennia, its purpose has been successfully averted. But its efforts never stop. The Awakening: Fate in Motion is a story of aliens and their part in...

The Beast Within by Liz Cowan is a wonderful rendition of Beauty and the Beast. This is a second such novel that I have read and this one is by far the more modern and approachable story line. It is more believable and enjoyable because...

The Hour of Embers is a work of fantasy fiction by author N.L. Willcome, and the second book in the series titled An Empyrian Odyssey. Central characters Tamsin and Haven were separated in the previous volume, and Haven is now trapped in the beautifully atmospheric...

At the beginning of The Decadence of Our Souls, a fantasy book written by Claudiu Murgan, Bart is under pressure to lead Rakash into the “state of bliss”. The City Council has other intentions for Rakash’s abilities. Bart knows that the state cannot be forced....

The Great Angel War by Larry Gerovac is a broadly imagined telling of what happened in the heavens before mankind was created. In the book we hear the story as it is being told by an angel named Raphael to the last prophet, a man...

The Boy Scout by Vanayssa Somers is a new kind of fairy tale. It has kings and queens and fairy wizards. And a shaman, with a magic carpet. Vanayssa Somers also uses time travel in a unique way. Another one of those...