D.M. Wozniak | Self-Publishing Review

An Interview with D.M. Wozniak: Author of Temberlain’s Ashes

Born and raised in the west suburbs of Chicago, D.M. Wozniak discovered his passion for software at St. Lawrence High School, where he joined the computer lab as a ploy to get out of gym class. By the time he graduated in 1993, D.M. knew that he wanted to code for a living. But his senior year honors English teacher took him aside on graduation day and said, “Never stop writing. It’s your true calling.”

Four years later, D.M. graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Computer Science from the College of Engineering. After that, […]

SPR2023-01-13T13:47:50+02:00January 13th, 2023|Categories: Interviews|Tags: D.M. Wozniak|

Review: Temberlain’s Ashes (Age of Axion Book 2) by D.M. Wozniak

A bold and breathtaking piece of sci-fi imagination, Temberlain’s Ashes by D.M. Wozniak is a fantastic second installment of the Age of Axion series.

The adventure of Dem, Blythe, Chireseal, and Chimeline is far from over, as they seek to eliminate the cruel practice of voidance across the land. Through their practice of eleutheria, they can free the trapped souls enslaved by dark arcane arts, but convincing people to give up power is no easy feat.

The legacy of magical oppression and unchecked power lingers, particularly in a scarred realm trying to rebuild after the bloody war and the defeat […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2022-11-28T12:52:34+02:00November 25th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: D.M. Wozniak, Science Fiction|

Review: The Indivisible and the Void (Age of Axion Book 1) by D.M. Wozniak

Being able to wield powerful magic isn’t always enough to protect your heart, a lesson the protagonist of The Indivisible and the Void learns the hard way. Penned by author D.M. Wozniak, this novel presents a dark new fantasy world where the lines between good and evil are harder to discern, and the use of magic comes with inherent danger.

Democryos, the heartbroken Master Voider, decides to leave his proverbial ivory tower and go out into the land to find his lost love. Voidstone in hand, and a motley crew of companions joining him along the way, what begins as […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-04-05T09:23:57+02:00March 17th, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: D.M. Wozniak, Fantasy|

An Obliquity (The Perihelion Book 2) by D.M. Wozniak

An Obliquity by D.M. Wozniak is the electrifying follow-up to The Perihelion, one of the more innovative literary dystopian sci-fi novels you’ll ever read.

In the first book, the world of 2069 is on the edge of the Perihelion, a phenomenon where the planet is closest to the sun. This is a world where people have hybrid animal DNA, who are at once more advanced and more vulnerable. An Obliquity takes place the next day after the Perihelion has occurred, following the lives of the same six intertwining characters, and has the same level of intensity and inventiveness as […]

SPR2019-03-07T09:25:48+02:00July 19th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: D.M. Wozniak, Science Fiction|

Review: The Perihelion by D.M. Wozniak

★★★★½

The Perihelion by D.M. Wozniak is literary, character-driven science fiction at its best. Set in 2069, The Perihelion comprises a world where there are hybrid humans with 1% animal or insect DNA, called 99ers. The novel follows the lives of six different characters in an approaching apocalypse, the Perihelion: “The point in the path of a celestial body that is nearest to the sun,” in which the world is melting down both physically and mentally. This is an epic, uniquely inventive novel about big ideas that should hopefully get a lot of attention.

An apocalyptic scenario sounds like well-trodden […]

SPR2019-03-07T09:26:07+02:00March 10th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: D.M. Wozniak, Science Fiction|