First we had Franz Kafka, writing early in the 20th century, then we had Philip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison some fifty years later keeping readers on edge and on their toes with fiction that shattered our perception of reality.  And now we have Jeff Noon. John Nyquist has a mystery to solve.  He wakes… Continue reading

Once one of the wealthiest merchant families in Port Saint Frey, the Mederos family are now disgraced. Sisters Yvienne and Tesara Mederos are convinced that something, or someone, sinister has been at work to bring down the The House Mederos and they are determined to restore the family name and the riches due, and exact… Continue reading

Somehow, author Emma Newman has not been on my reading radar at all. That needs to change. Looking her up on Goodreads I see that I have read a book by her previously, but had not been impressed. But a lot can happen in six years … my reading tastes can change, an author’s work… Continue reading

Author Sean Grigsby has done done something here that I don’t think I’ve seen very often in the world of sequels … using a different character’s point of view (a character that was prominent in the first book – while the main protagonist from the first book is still prominent here) and dialing up the… Continue reading

Niccolucio is a devout monk of the Florentine Carthusian order. When the plague known as the Black Death claims the lives of not only most of the villagers near his order, but also all of his brothers. Despite being spared for the time being, Niccolucio can’t help but have doubts surrounding his piety. Niccolucio is… Continue reading