Promise of Blood, the first book of Bryan Mclellan's The Powder Mage Trilogy is one of the best fantasy debuts of 2013. Set in the aftermath of a successful coup d'etat, the novel follows the fates of a ruthless usurper, his marksman son, and a...

Looming Dragon (The DiujPa Series) by B.K. Amodio is part of the DiujPa novel series. The main character, Cayce Taylor, is a sensitive and intelligent teenage boy living in New Mexico. His mother mysteriously died from a coma and his father is an alcoholic. But...

A Red Letter Day is the fourth book in The Red Menace series of books by James Mullaney. This story begins with an introduction to the main characters, Patrick “Podge” Becket, a wealthy businessman, who transforms in the The Red Menace, and Dr. Thaddeus...

The Wronged Princess – Book 1 was written by Kae Elle Wheeler as a grown-up Cinderella fairy tale. The story follows the one we have been told as children but adds some adult twists and turns. Cinderella still gets to go to the...

Tom Gillespie's Painting by Numbers is an intricate and elaborate illusion masterfully created to wrap around an ultimately classic plot. Dr. Boyce is a lecturer in Earth Sciences at Glasgow University who becomes obsessed with studying a lesser known baroque painting at the local museum....

In "Vampires: Don't You Just Hate Them?" Danny Carl Estes follows a brief period in the life and adventures of half werewolf Jonathan Barker from the time he meets a full werewolf who soon becomes his mate. Not being raised in a pack, however, causes...

Elfs in a Conquered Realm by Anna Del C. Dye is an impressive tome amongst her collection of stories from the Elf world. Elfs in a Conquered Realm covers many years, and reintroduces some of the characters from Dye’s prior works. The epilogue covers centuries,...

Written by Gregory S. Close, “In Siege of Daylight (The Compendium of Light, Dark & Shadow)” tells the story of Calvraign Askewneheur, an apprentice to the king’s famous bard Brohan Madrharigal. Under Brohan’s tutelage, young Calvraign learns about magic, history, politics and even warfare. When...

In Danny C. Estes' novel, "Lord Athina", Jim Sanders takes wise precautions and refuses to live in fear amidst New York street gangs, construction, and the greedy politicians. The son of a city planning official, Jim wants to get away from his stressful life and...

"The Circle: Book One of the Sidhe" by Cindy Cipriano is a great children’s book about faery folk. A faery family live among the humans in the non-magical world as book store owners and a student. Calum is getting ready to enter middle school as...