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Book Review - Second World

By Eddy Shah
It would be easy to let the larger than life personality and extraordinary biography of media magnate Eddy Shah get in the way of any review of one of his novels so you have to steel yourself and make sure that you give credit where credit is due. The fact is that [...]

Book Review - Eon: Rise Of The Dragoneye

By Alison Goodman
Occasionally you pick up a book and the expectation is low. You read the book jacket and it instantly feels derivative, nothing new, even - dare I say it - a copycat, and in the field of fantasy, that first impression is often, sadly, the right one. Every now and again [...]

Book Review - The Last Colony

By John Scalzi
The Last Colony is the final part in the epic space adventure involving John Perry, who we met first in Old Man’s War and who’s story continues in The Ghost Brigades and concludes with this one. Book one is very focused on the Colonial Defence Forces, the technology employed in recruiting and [...]

Book Review - Strangled Silence

By Oisin McGann
Proving that he’s nothing if not versatile, this latest novel from Dublin-born Oisin McGann is a taut political thriller that centres around the country’s continued involvement in a far-away war. Set in London of the near-future, the population are living under the control of the Drawbridge Act which has eroded civil liberties [...]

Book Review - The Court Of The Air

by Stephen Hunt
Every now and again a book comes along that you know you ought to make time to read, but when you reach for the pile it just doesn’t call to you like some others do. It’s hard to say why, the reports are good, the subject matter appeals, even the cover art [...]

Book Review - Scar Night

By Alan Campbell
Scar Night, first book in The Deepgate Codex series, is the brilliantly atmospheric debut novel from Scottish author and ex Rockstar Games programmer, Alan Campbell.
The Deepgate of the series title is a city that hangs suspended on chains over an enormous black abyss. Over many millennia, this network of chains has [...]

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