Science Fiction Book Reviews

Review: Canalis by John J. Holshoe

Canalis by John J. Holshoe

Sprawling, immersive, and riveting from start to finish, Canalis by John J. Holshoe is a top-tier sci-fi debut that shines with inspired visions of the world to come.

A century in the future, Mars has been colonized, while a fleet of mining transport ships skates through an interplanetary network of ice canals beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Sandin, an orphan crewman of the Westward Star, accidentally falls overboard during a foolish stunt and is left behind in the freezing tunnel, only to be rescued by a mysterious group of aliens from a secondary dimension.

Their assistance comes […]

Alla Argentum Phase 1: Invasion by Luis Zuniga

Alla Argentum Phase 1: Invasion by Luis ZunigaEarly in the 28th century, an extraterrestrial crash in small town North Carolina marks the beginning of a global takeover in Alla Argentum – Phase 1: Invasion by Luis Zuniga, an original, action-heavy first installment of the Alla Argentum series.

After discovering an archaic tome in a long-forgotten classroom of the occult, Ryan Silverwing begins to develop psycho-kinetic powers, just as the draconic aliens attacking the lunar colonies and invading Earth begin to psychically stalk this unlikely high school hero. When a superweapon is deployed against the moon to eliminate the alien threat, relief washes over humanity, but the […]

Review: Time and Space by Shireen Jeejeebhoy

Time and Space by Shireen Jeejeebhoy

A frenzied plunge into a regressive and wildly weird future, Time and Space by Shireen Jeejeebhoy defies genre expectations and the laws of physics with gleeful abandon.

When three mischievous men from the year 3011 abduct a woman named Time from her lonely reality, anxiety over turning 40 is suddenly the least of her worries. Overwhelmed by the impossible technology at every turn, she is treated as a “dumb human specimen” in a mind-boggling society of chauvinists, but the future does have its rules, if not rights for “girls.”

Upon discovering that the young men have kidnapped yet another bewildered […]

Wonderment Within Weirdness by Jaime David

Wonderment Within Weirdness by Jaime David A sci-fi screed with hidden wisdom amongst the madness, Wonderment Within Weirdness by Jaime David is an unfiltered and electric stream of imagination.

When James abruptly dies in a landmine explosion, he not only wakes up in Heaven, but immediately finds himself in a breakneck journey across multiple timelines and unknown universes. From a heist in hell to steal a God-killing gun to unraveling paradoxes in the midst of school shootings, this book is a wild-eyed spree of multiversal hijinks, not to mention demons, portal guns, and saving the human race from multiple agents of destruction.

Despite the feeling of […]

2025-09-02T13:50:20+02:00September 1st, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs! by Dave Bruno

Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs! by Dave Bruno

Sardonically echoing Jurassic Park, Alien, and other classic stories of predatory monsters, Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs! by Dave Bruno is an amusing escape that also doubles as a character study of survival during times of absolute chaos.

A dozen post-collegiate friends with a whole trunk of tangled baggage embark on a weekend in the remote mountains of northern California. Rumors of savage animal attacks in the area and their own interpersonal conflicts already threaten their peaceful plans for hiking, camping, and some tipsy debauchery, but when this mismatched crew mistakenly enters a restricted government area, they wander their way […]

Invariant by A.G. Sullivan

Invariant by A.G. SullivanA psychological drama with an ominous edge, Invariant by A.G. Sullivan is a cleverly penned plunge into the possibilities of foresight and fate.

Six years after being summoned to a stranger’s deathbed to receive a mysterious message, David Bishop and his partner Hannah find themselves on a bizarre scavenger hunt that threatens to redirect their lives at every turn. Creepy coincidences and scattered clues are forming a prophetic pattern, which leads the pair on a sinister trail of breadcrumbs towards an unknown but predetermined future. When tragedy strikes, the enigmatic mission turns into a life-altering obsession, even though finding the […]

2025-07-02T15:02:01+02:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: Extraterrestrial Noir by Rich Leder

Extraterrestrial Noir by Rich Leder

A sardonic mixture of science fiction and snarky suburban drama, Extraterrestrial Noir by Rich Leder is a hilariously original genre mashup.

Maggie Devine is drowning in the suffocation of suburban competition and an embarrassingly stagnant marriage with her husband, Connie. Along with the three other couples and their children who call Hope Circle home, life is a predictable and increasingly dull rerun of picket-fence perfection that doesn’t quite live up to that American dream. All of that changes, however, when a mysterious silver box rockets down through the atmosphere and crashes neatly through the couple’s roof.

The box quickly begins […]

The Pystead Group: Daring to Be by James Pryor

The Pystead Group: Daring to Be by James PryorA sharp-tongued satire on progressive utopias and species salvation, The Pystead Group: Daring to Be by James Pryor is a thought-provoking prophecy for the coming generation.

Thirty years in the future, the foundations of global society are fracturing, but a secretive cabal of researchers, dreamers, and futurists working for The Pystead Group has a plan for humanity’s redemption. Philip Russell unexpectedly lands a job with this enigmatic organization on its Caribbean island base, plunging him into a conspiratorial tangle of allegiance, advancement, and the intellectual dishonesty of American culture. Navigating the high-stakes battlefield of this philosophical playground and pseudo-utopia, Philip […]

2025-05-20T09:53:14+02:00May 19th, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |
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