THE TYRANNY OF FAITH by Richard Swan from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy THE TYRANNY OF FAITH by Richard Swan. Orbit. h/b. £18.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Helena Sedanka still journeys with Justice Vonvalt as his apprentice and serves him without question, even as he leads their small party out of the… Read More »The Tyranny of Faith
INFINITY GATE by M. R. Carey from @orbitbooks #BookReview #SciFi INFINITY GATE by M. R. Carey Orbit, 499 page HC, £18.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Every day each of us makes thousands of choices. Most of these choices make no difference to the way the world works. Most of them… Read More »Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey
We Dream of Gods by Devin Madson from @orbitbooks #Fantasy #bookreview We Dream of Gods by Devin Madson Orbit, pb, £9.67 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming The Chiltern and Kisians are coming together in a war that will change the political landscape forever, but Miko has no control as she is… Read More »We Dream of Gods by Devin Madson
Terraformers by Annalee Newitz from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Sci-fi Terraformers by Annalee Newitz Orbit, pb, £9.99 Review by Nadya Mercik “Everything in balance,” says the Environmental Rescue Team Handbook. The question is – whose balance is it on? As Annalee Newitz writes in the Acknowledgements, this novel was created as a… Read More »The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
THE DAUGHTERS OF IZDIHAR by Hadeer Elsbai. Orbit Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Nehal Darweesh is about to be married to the wealthiest man her parents can arrange. They always promised her she would be free to find her own husband, yet here she is, two weeks off… Read More »The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai @orbitbooks
EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett. Orbit Books. h/b. £14.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Professor Emily Wilde was, in fact, the youngest professor to have been appointed to Cambridge University, where she has happily spent her years researching and documenting the various courtly and common faerie folk around… Read More »EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett from @orbitbooks
Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell Orbit, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming As a wealthy socialite, Tennal has no responsibilities and bounces from mistake to mistake, hiring his telepathic powers to criminals and escaping punishment because of his connections. But when he pushes things too far, Tennal’s aunt, a legislator,… Read More »Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell from @orbitbooks
TEN THOUSAND STITCHES by Olivia Atwater Orbit p/b £8.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson Euphemia Reeves, known as Effie, is a humble, industrious domestic servant in the employ of Lord Culver. She is an intelligent young woman who dislikes how the world is ordered but, like the rest of us,… Read More »TEN THOUSAND STITCHES by Olivia Atwater from @orbitbooks
DEAD WATER by C.A. Fletcher. Orbit Books. h/b. £18.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Sigrid freedives alone though she should really be accompanied by a team. Her actions are selfish and reckless, others say, but this is really the only place Sig feels in control. This is deep enough for today’s… Read More »DEAD WATER by C.A. Fletcher from @orbitbooks
AUGUST KITKO AND THE MECHAS FROM SPACE by Alex White. Orbit Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. It is three years since the last ship left Earth. In the midst of a war, a Veil is in place across the galaxy, preventing interstellar communications. Vanguard Juliette, the giant mecha,… Read More »AUGUST KITKO AND THE MECHAS FROM SPACE by Alex White from @orbitbooks