Science Fiction Book Reviews

Riveting, brain-wrenching sci-fi that dances at the intersection of nightmare and prophecy, Asset Nightfall: Digital Rebellion (Wild Frontier Chronicles) by Daniel P. Douglas is a chilling piece of techno-fascist drama.

Three years after being caught hacking Federation accounts and draining their funds just a few seconds too slow, Kerstin Ahlers has become a reliably imprisoned asset of a merciless empire, forced into servitude as a covert operative. Embedded with insidious AI tech that surveils and restricts her actions while on mission, Asset Nightfall, as she is now known, receives new marching orders: steal military secrets from a remote space station […]

Captain Aiden Macallan returns to the astral fray in Qarsoon (Space Unbound Book 4) by David C. Jeffrey, launching himself into a high-stakes race that could turn the tide of galactic supremacy.

When a Sympath activist is shot dead on his doorstep, Captain Macallan immediately informs the authorities, but only after removing the secret message from his wife, Skye, tasking him with his most important mission yet. An old crew member has been contacted by an isolated group of human cloneborgs – those victims of aspiring alien conquerors who did not develop psychopathically obedient brains – sending Aiden and his […]

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 […]