ARC provided by the publisher—Gollancz—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover art illustrated by Yohei Horishita
Scion by James Islington
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: Scion (Book #1)
Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk
Pages: 240 pages (Ebook Edition)
Word Count: 56,000 Words
Published: 1st September 2026 by Saga Press (US) and Gollancz (UK)
Scion is a fast-paced and action-packed cyberpunk novel about freedom, justice, and identity. …
ARC provided by the publisher—Harper Voyager—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover art illustrated by Tom Roberts
Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Academy of Kindness (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic fantasy
Pages: 450 pages (Ebook Edition)
Published: 24th March 2026 by Ace Books (US) and Harper Voyager (UK)
Daughter of Crows marks Lawrence’s marvelous return to the grim and dark storytelling of his, and it will be one tale to remember.
The Academy’s official motto was, πίστη πάνω από τη συνείδηση, ‘Creed Above Conscience.’ Unofficially it was ‘Leave the bodies’.
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
“We live in stories, and in stories, we are subject to phenomena beyond the mechanisms of space and time. Fear and love, death and wrath and wisdom—these are as much parts of our universe as light and gravity.”
The Sun Eater is one of those series that I’ve heard so many good things about that I found myself really hesitant to pick it up. But I’m glad that I finally decided to take the plunge, because I was immediately enamored by Hadrian Marlowe and held rapt by his story. Ruocchio has an immaculate way with words, and he’s drawn a dark but impeccably nuanced system of worlds that feels true, even if fictitious. This is a gigantic story, the surface of which is barely scratched in this first installment. …