The Half-Made World – Felix Gilman

About the Book:  The world is only half made. What exists has been carved out amidst a war between two rival factions: the Line, paving the world with industry and claiming its residents as slaves; and the Gun, a cult of terror and violence that cripples the population with fear. The only hope at stopping…

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Small Gods – Terry Pratchett

About the Book A simple lad who can neither read nor write, Brutha is content growing melons for the Temple monks. But his lot changes when a tortoise appears in his garden. To Brutha’s dismay, he discovers that he’s become his god’s Chosen One – a difficult position that requires spreading goodness and stopping holy…

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The Quantum Thief – Hannu Rajaniemi

About the Book Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy – from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to steal their thoughts, to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of the…

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The Escapement – K.J. Parker

Read my review for the first two books in the Engineer Trilogy: Devices and Desires and Evil for Evil.  I’ve heard the term “I like it so much it hurts” before but I’ve always thought it was a rather stupid turn of phrase. How can you like something so much it hurts? Ridiculous. However, I may…

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The Black Prism – Brent Weeks

About the Book Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five…

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Altered Carbon – Richard K. Morgan

About the Book In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person’s consciousness can now be stored in a cortical stack…

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City of Ruin – Mark Charan Newton

Read my review of Nights of VilljamurAuthors official website (Warning: this is a little longer than my typical review length because I can’t seem to get myself to stop talking about this book. It’s the authors fault for writing something I enjoy so much.) Not too long ago I finished Nights of Villjamur, went to…

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River of Gods – Ian McDonald

About the Book As Mother India approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business—a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a stand-up comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. And so is Aj—the waif, the mind reader, the prophet—when she one day finds a man who wants to…

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Dragon Keeper/Haven – Robin Hobb

I write this review with a heavy heart. I have put off writing this review for a few days now because I just didn’t know what to say or how to say it. I’m a huge Hobb fan. The Farseer trilogy remains firmly wedged on my bookshelf, keeping company with George R. R. Martin and…

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