Action-packed and featuring strange technologies, this is an intriguing kickoff to a new science fiction series. Mistrust of the government and rampant sickness are among the ills that threaten to rot America from within in the ambitious... Read More

"Dark Web Rising" achieves the rare feat of hacking scenes written in a compelling, captivating way. Eugene T. Schurter’s "Dark Web Rising" is a fast-paced science fiction thriller that spins a web of intrigue centered around hacking,... Read More

Humor, especially witty alien dialogue, adds a nice counterpoint to the tense drama and action of this science fiction showdown. The second book of the Chuck, Yu, and Farley series, Penny L. Samms’s "Invasion: Eris" blends action,... Read More

Detailed world-building and a dynamic heroine make this fantasy novel stand out. Roxanne Bland’s "The Moreva of Astoreth" adds elements of alien worlds, living gods, adventure, and a heroine with depth to deliver a thoroughly... Read More

Moral and ethical conundrums dominate in this futuristic science fiction adventure. "Variance" by Josen Llave is a militaristic action-adventure story that takes place in the distant future and revolves around differing systems of belief... Read More

Bicycles are big in the future utopian or dystopian worlds imagined by the contributors to Elly Blue’s collection. Whether working in an asteroid mine and having to make do with a stationary bike while pondering the nature of AI fellow... Read More

It’s 2109. Teleportation coexists with Rome’s iconic Vespa scooters, and the Mona Lisa has just disappeared. Following a plasma storm that knocks out the city’s tech network, Joel Byram wakes up with a very loose grasp on time... Read More

The novel offers doses of thrills, intrigue, oddball characters, and a splash of romance for those who like their fiction weird. An ironic moment of serendipity brings two strange people together in "The Professor and the Suicide Girl",... Read More