Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Wild & Zany Galactic...

Vegastarchild584 (Vegastarchild584)

| Reviewed by Joanne Higbee

The Wild & Zany Galactic Adventures of Commander Zhang & Lieutenant Simon, Soul Mates Who Incarnate on Earth and Save the World is the first book in the Starseed series by Vegastarchild584. This genre-blending, metafictional, and wildly imaginative journey follows Commander Zhang and Lieutenant Simon, two galactic officers and soulmates from the Sirian star system. The story opens with Zhang, a popular actor and singer on Earth, whose life is upended by a government-orchestrated scandal that tanks his career and isolates him from his pa...

i4Ni

John Priest (Independently Published)

| Reviewed by Sarah Harkness

i4Ni by John Priest is a dystopian techno-thriller set in a near-future America devastated by corruption, riots, and the aftermath of failed utopian promises. Jules Von Beck has created an AI-powered humanoid with the promise of stopping crime and holding criminals to justice. His plan seems too good to be true, and rightly so. Detective Conrad Jacks investigates the disappearance of his friend Harry Jay, a whistleblower at the all-powerful Von Beck Global corporation. The i4Ni is an AI-powered, semi-humanoid device that reads memories to guara...

The Serpent Effect

J. Wint (Heliographi Publishing)

| Reviewed by Cristina Prescott

In The Serpent Effect, the fourth installment of J. Wint’s Skylight Series, the fragile alliances and escalating conflicts among the Lucem, the Atrum, and Lybra’s forces push the Skylight System to the brink of civil war. The story opens with the celestial Titans deliberating over the chaos sown by their Heliographi offspring, which leads to the creation of powerful vessels —artifacts that become the contested keys to the system’s survival. Vail Hart, torn between duty to the Atrum and her lingering affection for Jet Stroud of the Lucem, become...

Menace: An Agent Dean Col...

Ray Keating (Keating Reports LLC)

| Reviewed by Brenda Baiocchi

MENACE: An Agent Dean Cold Novel by Ray Keating is a high-octane thriller that blends espionage, politics, intrigue, and science fiction to deliver unparalleled entertainment. It follows Secret Service agent Dean Cold as he investigates a mysterious threat targeting the United States and the world. The action-packed plot launches with an attempted assassination of President Eisenhower in the Oval Office and another attempt on the Russian President. The attackers wield bizarre, mind-controlling implants. Cold and his partner thwart the atta...

Kyra: Through the Veil

Nicklous Adams II (Nicklous Adams II)

| Reviewed by Sarah Harkness

 Nicklous Adams II’s Kyra: Through the Veil is an epic fantasy that delivers a tale of redemption, ancient conflicts, and the struggle between good and evil. The story follows Kyra, a young Aviyan princess burdened by her unique lineage and haunted by her past. She lost everything when she was just six years old, and living without her father, who disappeared in a war to save their world, has been her greatest challenge. He has been gone for five hundred years, and now, as they prepare for the fifth celebration to honor the brave and falle...

Sentience Hazard

Alexandru Czimbor ()

| Reviewed by John Grossman

Sentience Hazard by Alexandru Czimbor is an intriguing science fiction set in 2053, a time of explosive technological advancement, and the world is on the brink of catastrophe as China’s advanced AI threatens global dominance. When a renegade Chinese scientist uncovers critical intel, the race to prevent disaster intensifies. The US mobilizes, enlisting the expertise of a maverick French genius and a visionary Scottish-African professor, whose controversial ideas challenge the status quo. As the chaos ensues, humanity faces profound ethica...

I, Robot Alien

Joel R. Dennstedt (Joel R. Dennstedt)

| Reviewed by David Reyes

In I, Robot Alien, Joel R. Dennstedt tells the story of an alien-built robot sent to Earth with three paradoxical directives: to halt humanity’s devolution, to reverse it, and never to interfere in significant events. Scoots, as the robot protagonist comes to be known, is accompanied by Billy, a hummingbird-like drone and sly observer. Dropped onto a post-apocalyptic Earth where human civilization has regressed to primitive enclaves, Scoots, or The Prophet, as he is also known, is programmed to appear human, integrating into tribe after tribe o...

The Matriarch Messiah: An...

Maxime Trencavel (Tail of the Bird Books)

| Reviewed by Elena Enger

The Matriarch Messiah by Maxime Trencavel plunges you into a world on the brink of an apocalypse. Ancient prophecies foretell the return of a powerful matriarch who could save—or destroy—humanity. Zara Khatum, a reluctant prophetess, is on a perilous quest to find the mystical cavern of blue light. With rising global chaos, she faces a heartbreaking choice: her love for Peter Gollinger or the fate of humankind. Meanwhile, brilliant scholar Rachel Capsali uncovers a shocking truth about the goddess Asherah that makes her question everything she...

SKELLIG: The Tales of Con...

E. R. Barr (Telemachus Press, LLC)

| Reviewed by Meg McKinnon

In Skellig: The Tales of Conor Archer, Volume 2 by E. R. Barr, Conor’s journey continues as he is sent to Ireland to escape the chaos in Tinker’s Grove —the seventeen-year-old Conor Archer, after a series of mystical encounters, has discovered he is part of an ancient shapeshifting lineage called the Roan, with powers linked to the sea and the Otherworld. But peace is fleeting. Conor finds himself hunted by a Japanese war criminal, Otherworld beings, and a wealthy landowner with dark intentions. With the help of friends—an archangel, a shapeshi...

ROAN: An Urban Fantasy No...

E. R. Barr (Telemachus Press, LLC)

| Reviewed by Meg McKinnon

Roan: The Tales of Conor Archer by E.R. Barr is an epic urban fantasy that introduces a promising series. In this captivating debut, teenage Conor faces a mysterious destiny after a fateful encounter with a stranger in Chicago. Bitten on the hand and haunted by his mother’s passing, Conor’s journey leads him to the quiet town of Tinker’s Grove, Wisconsin. There, amid folklore, strange happenings, and an ancient Indian mound, he begins to unravel secrets that threaten to change him forever. With the help of friendly townspeople and Troubles, a l...

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