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Cold Fire

Cold Fire

…made. Unfortunately for them, the general who has spent years in prison for trying to conqueror Europa is now free to try it again and plans to use Cat and…

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Armored

Armored

the stage for the stories to come. This is followed by an introduction by John Joseph Adams that also amps readers up and gets the gears going. Rather than review…

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Akata Witch

Akata Witch

…adults in general. How do you keep the grown-ups from coming in and hijacking the story completely while still making it all believable. I have a difficult time believing that…

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The Genius Plague

Posted: April 3, 2018 by Jane Funk in Books We Like Meta: David Walton, Techno Thriller
The Genius Plague

…an analyst at the NSA, a job that his father held for many years before coming down with Alzheimer’s. Despite his lack of qualifications and a series of other unfortunate…

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Know No Fear

Posted: February 10, 2012 by Nickolas in Books We Like Meta: Dan Abnett, Military SF, Science Fiction
Know No Fear

…authors. The greatest of those authors is without a doubt, Dan Abnett and the greatest event in the history of the game’s whole shared-world fiction is the Horus Heresy. All…

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Fortune’s Pawn

Posted: October 7, 2014 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Rachel Bach, Science Fiction
Fortune’s Pawn

…be more than she anticipated, and Devi finds herself in more than one fight with terrible odds. But it turns out it’s not the enemy who will test her resolve……

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Demonstorm

Posted: May 23, 2011 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: James Barclay, Heroic Fantasy
Demonstorm

…DAWNTHIEF: the characters. The truth of the matter is that a series cannot survive the test of time and the readers’ patience if the characters don’t grab you. Through the

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Seriously Hexed

Posted: March 14, 2018 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Tina Connolly, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Seriously Hexed

The only exception is that she’s a witch. However, it’s that extra complication that makes her high school years less than typical. For example, most teenagers don’t have to deal…

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Elitist Classics–Part 2

Elitist Classics–Part 2

…point is, all of these awesome stories come from somewhere. Keep in mind that the following picks are not an all-inclusive list. There are a ton more, and feel free

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Posted: May 27, 2021 by Writer Dan in Books We Hate Meta: Marlon James, Fantasy
Black Leopard, Red Wolf

…fight scene, the level of external description increases for a short period of time, but then completely drops away again. What this did was leave me completely unaware of what…