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Book Review: The Tower Outside of Time by Joseph Sale
In his latest book, Joseph Sale brings together the worlds of Dark Hilarity and The Tunnel with the four main characters meeting up and taking on the world of Dae’eshta. Since escaping The Cretin, Tara and Nicola have moved to London and become successful fantasy novelists. I loved that they got a happy ending, and…
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Book Review: The Tunnel by Joseph Sale
When she is 11, Georgina Jones discovers something about her cold, calculating father that not only destroys her relationship with him, but results in her keeping men at a distance when she grows up, unable to form a meaningful connection. In 2019, a huge crocodile stalks the sewers of London. Some say it is Jack…
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Book Review: Dark Hilarity by Joseph Sale
Wolfkin, lizardmen and gorilli- oh my! Sale’s latest novel is a feast for fantasy lovers. Bonded by their love of the music of Valentine Killshot, preteens Tara and Nicola’s friendship is stretched to breaking point by a horrific shared event. Seven years later, the women confront their past, and each other, in the dreaming world…
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Book Review: Beyond the Black Gate by Joseph Sale
An engrossing dark fantasy with epic world building and lyrical prose, Beyond the Black Gate is a completely different kettle of fish to its predecessor. Craig Smiley has made it beyond the Black Gate, but it’s not the paradise he was promised. Angry at his betrayal, Smiley decides to do what any self respecting serial…
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Book Review: Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Joseph Sale
Previously published in a single volume with the novella, The Fifth Horseman, under the title Nekyia, this collection of four stories is rich in symbolism, covers life and death, and is essential reading for those who love Sale’s work. In City of Illusion, Yin rules the Circle in death, spreading fear among his subjects. Can Hagga,…
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Book Review: Prince of the Wasteland by Joseph Sale
The first appearance of the prince, but by no means his last. Sale’s debut novel is just the start of things. The prince, and his thirteen apostles, all graced with powers by the same dark touch, have destroyed their world and now rule over a ruined New York City. But those who are the destroyers…
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Book Tour: The Girl in the Corn by Jason Offut
About the book Beware of what lurks in the corn. Fairies don’t exist. At least that’s what Thomas Cavanaugh’s parents say. But the events of that one night, when he follows a fairy into the cornfield on his parents’ farm, prove them wrong. What seems like a destructive explosion was, Thomas knows, an encounter with…
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Book Review: The Jam by Dan Soule
The Jam centers on a group of disparate people, all traveling on an English motorway, who get caught in a traffic jam. There’s the internet guru, the professional soccer player, a couple and their teenage son, and an elderly retired doctor who kindly offers a lift to a working girl he meets at a service…
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2 Book Review: Odriel’s Heirs and Burning Shadows by Hayley Reese Chow
Odriel’s Heirs A fun young adult fantasy adventure that delights with its supporting cast of magical animals. Three heirs, gifted with powers by Odriel, which combined are powerful enough to defeat the mighty necromancer, Nifras. The time heir; a powerful healer. The shadow heir; able to become invisible. And the dragon heir; who wields the…
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Book Review: The Spooks by Dan Soule
This collection of 17 super short stories is sure to delight children with its mixture of fun, silly, gross and thoughtful horror. Aimed for the reluctant reader, each story is flash length and written simply, to encourage interest in the written word. A great primer of sorts to whet the appetite of the young horror…