Category Archives: Small Press Book Reviews

EXODUS 2022 by Kenneth G. Bennett (Booktrope) Wow. As appalling and wide in its scope as Blood Music, new writer Kenneth G. Bennett spins a tale of mercenaries and ecology, life and death, love and sacrifice, fate and karma. You’ll … Continue reading →

Sorcerers in Space by Larry Hodges (Class Act Books) If you think puns are the lowest form of humor, move along, nothing to see here. But if you think puns are awesome are you ever in for a treat when … Continue reading →

Flow (Double Dragon Publishing) by Lindsey Duncan Veteran A&A author Lindsey Duncan has a book out, and we were excited to read it. Flow is a fantasy about inherited magical abilities, faerie-being manifestations, and being royally pissed at someone else … Continue reading →

Abyss & Apex 2Q 2013 Small Press Book Reviews Darkspire Reaches by C.N. Lesley (Kristell Ink) Despite the cover this is not yet another book about magic and dragons. It is about a young woman’s journey of self-discovery. On par … Continue reading →

Near+Far by Cat Rambo. Welcome to the dark and realistic future worlds of veteran science fiction writer Cat Rambo. Two of the stories in this double collection were originally published in Abyss & Apex so when it came out we … Continue reading →

The Chosen by Jay Hartlove (Damnation Books) Okay, this I was not expecting. Chosen by Jay Hartlove is sort of black-Jason-Bourne-meets-Egyptian-Voodoo mashup. It chronicles an ancient rivalry between the chief magician of the Pharaoh mentioned in Exodus and his replacement … Continue reading →

by Elle Newmark (Atria Books) A friend touted The Book of Unholy Mischief as a fantasy, based on her expectations and the cover. The setting was 14th century Venice, which I had just been hearing about and looking at pictures … Continue reading →

Marooned by P.J. Druce Gryffynperch Books Marooned is a tightly-plotted dystopian future science fiction fantasy about a girl who fights . . . oh wait, you’re thinking The Hunger Games, right? Not quite. Alyssa Jordan, a.k.a. “Punk”  is a vicious … Continue reading →

River Edited by Alma Alexander Dark Quest Books It says much that is good about both Alma Alexander and Dark Quest books that they were able to assemble such an impressive stable of writers for this anthology. This is an … Continue reading →