I’m not quite sure what to make of this book.  On the one hand, I was drawn in by the characters and the initial action of the story. On the other hand, it become rather obvious – almost a cliché of the adventure/sci-fi genre. We’re a few centuries in the future and a meteor strike… Continue reading

I’ve really enjoyed so many of the books I’ve read in the past few years, but few authors stand out for absolute originality as much Lauren Beukes. In Moxyland, Beukes gives the reader a very believable future where technology is so integrated that it’s impossible to imagine someone without their cellphone or their nanotech drug… Continue reading

The publishing trend in trilogies has pushed authors to think in terms of a three-act story, rather than writing three individual books, and that is quite apparent with James A. Moore’s The Last Sacrifice, the first book in a new trilogy. A race of people, known as the Grakhul, are immortal servants to ancient gods.… Continue reading