Elma York, often referred to as The Lady Astronaut, is bound for Mars. After the meteor strike that destroyed Washington, Dc and triggered a global, catastrophic event, mankind began the earnest search for a new home. Elma is part of the second expedition to Mars but as she arrives she quickly realizes that something isn’t Continue reading

I first read and reviewed this book back in 2018. I’ve read it again as I’ve decided to read the complete series.  My initial review is here, my amendments to that review follow: This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 3.5 of 5 The Blasted Lands by James A. Moore is the second Continue reading

Captain Merros Dulver, a respected soldier of the Fellein Empire, is hired to map out the Blasted Lands – a distant, desolate place that lies in front of the never-explored Seven Forges mountain range. There, Merros quite unexpectedly meets a man by the name of Drask. Drask has a hand made entirely of silver but Continue reading

Investigator Ana Dolabra and her assistant, Dinios Kol, are called to Yarrowdale, a community at the far edge of the Empire, to investigate what appears to be an impossible crime. A Treasury officer disappeared, abducted from his quarters where the doors and windows were stilled locked from the inside and the entire building is under Continue reading

Oh, boy, do I love this series! Nadya is a girl we have met in this world/series before.  In Beneath the Sugar Sky she was introduced as The Drowned Girl who was one of Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children’s ‘long-timers.’ Now we get Nadya’s story. In Beneath the Sugar Sky we learned that Nadya, abandoned by her Russian mother Continue reading

Seanan McGuire’s Tidal Creatures is the third book in her Alchemical Journeys series and it’s a powerhouse.  It’s been a while since I read the previous two books, but it’s likely that you may want to read them before taking this particular journey. The Lunar gods take human hosts and navigate the skies at night Continue reading