Science Fiction Book Reviews

Review: Second Nature by Thomas Drago

Second Nature by Thomas Drago

A gritty, dread-inducing drama that explores lingering extraterrestrial trauma in small-town New York, Second Nature by Thomas Drago is a character-driven gem of science fiction.

When an alien force snatches nearly a dozen people from their homes, only to return them the next night to a hallowed stretch of indigenous land, it shakes the foundation of reality for the fictional town of Warrington. Eighteen months on, normalcy has yet to return, and the survivors remain haunted by the memories of their indescribable abuse aboard the alien craft. Some authorities explain away the mystery as a mass hysteria event, leaving the […]

The Dark Side of Dreams by Marjorie Kaye Noble

The Dark Side of Dreams by Marjorie Kaye NobleA techno-fantasy thriller with a cautionary dystopian core, The Dark Side of Dreams by Marjorie Kaye Noble is a highly inventive work of science fiction that gives a potential peek at the future of virtual reality.

When Mira Patel discovers the digital copy of her infamous grandfather’s mind, she uploads him into an after-death program, Shemathra’s Realm, where the deceased transition into a virtual-reality eternity. However, all is not well in the afterlife: entire cities are disappearing, residents are being edged out of paradise, and the suffocating grip of post-life capitalism is being challenged by the ominous rise of a […]

Resurrection Earth by Edward M. Burrows

Resurrection Earth by Edward M. BurrowsA haunting near-future thriller that hits powerfully close to home, Resurrection Earth by Edward M. Burrows is a near-future cocktail of contemporary anxiety and sci-fi salvation.

In this dystopian prophecy, America and China are tenuous allies and global overlords, while non-human intelligence has been entrusted with rejuvenating the ecosystem and saving the planet. Achieving that existential goal means reshuffling the hierarchy of power to create a new world, even at the expense of the old one. The Supreme Council is tasked with managing global intelligence, but when they lose control of the machine designed to protect the human race, the […]

2025-11-07T13:27:43+02:00November 7th, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

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 […]

2026-01-09T16:40:53+02:00October 17th, 2025|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

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 […]

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