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Publisher: Del ReyPage Count: Release Date: August 4th, 2026Series: SHADOW OF THE LEVIATHAN, BOOK 3Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It! Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: THE TAINTED CUP, A DROP OF CORRUPTION A TRADE OF BLOOD is another superb fantasy... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Saga PressPage Count: 480Release Date: July 14th, 2026Series: THE ARTISAN TRILOGY, Book 2Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It! Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: A FORBIDDEN ALCHEMY A FORSAKEN PROPHECY is an excellent sequel full of all the angst and... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Tor BooksPage Count: 416Release Date: August 4th, 2026Series: THE DECURIAN SAGA, Book 1Rating: 3.5/5 Stars – Liked it! THE INFINITE STATE is a dystopian sci-fi that’s ironically undercut by succeeding a little too well at crafting a seemingly inescapable authoritarian police state. I admit, I had to sit with THE INFINITE STATE for a... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Orbit BooksPage Count: 608Release Date: August 4th, 2026Series: BEASTS OF THE VOID, Book 2Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: VOIDWALKER SUNSPLITTER is the spicy action-packed follow-up to VOIDWALKER, and it manages to deftly balance... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Orbit BooksPage Count: 512Release Date: July 14th, 2026Series: THE SEA BEYOND, BOOK 1Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It THE EYE OF LEVIATHAN is a juxtaposition of whimsy and harsh reality that makes for a brutal examination of religious conversion and colonialism. Many readers will come to this having devoured the author duo’s previous... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Del ReyPage Count: 368Release Date: June 2nd, 2026Series: StandaloneRating: 4.25/5 Stars – Really Liked It! Duchess Anne of Brittany knows that she will never marry for love. As the ruler of a small duchy, she understands that any marriage she enters will be purely for political reasons. So when faced with marriage to the... Continue Reading →
Publisher: Orbit BooksPage Count: 448Release Date: March 31st, 2026Series: THE GREAT SILENCE, Book 2Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series. You can read reviews for those books here: GRAVE EMPIRE STEEL GODS is another excellent eerie entry in this mash-up of gothic horror and... Continue Reading →
Summary: THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO is an atmospheric mystery set in a bleak, harsh world that offers little comfort to the reader or those who live in it Publisher: Orbit BooksPage Count: 528Release Date: May 5th, 2026Series: StandaloneRating: 4.5/5 Stars – Really Liked It When Isako’s boss unexpectedly retires, she knows she’s at the... Continue Reading →
Summary: Although it takes a bit to get going, THE LOTUS EMPIRE is the properly epic and thrilling conclusion to THE BURNING KINGDOMS trilogy. Publisher: Orbit BooksPage Count: 494Release Date: November 12th, 2024Series: THE BURNING KINGDOMS, Book 3Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It Warning: Possible light spoilers ahead for earlier books in the series.... Continue Reading →
Summary: THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY is an engrossing tale of a ship in crisis that also digs into some juicy existential questions. Publisher: Saga PressPage Count: 480Release Date: May 5th, 2026Series: THE SONG OF SAFINA, Book 1Rating: 4/5 Stars – Really Liked It Two hundred years ago, the Sarafina set out on a journey to... Continue Reading →
