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The Children of the Children is a cult drama set during the final years of the Cold War. The novel centres on an apocalyptic religious community called The Fishermen, where charismatic leadership wields absolute control over members, autonomy is gradually surrendered, and the consequences of that surrender pass down to the next generation. For anyone […]
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I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I picked up Next in Line by T.W. Baker going by the cover. As it turns out, this is a workplace comedy novel that tackles the chaos of pharmacy life through oodles of dry wit and sharp observational humor. I would say it’s probably written primarily for […]
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Released on 23 March 2026, The Migration of Vivex by Xyne is a LitRPG novel that slithers straight out of the dark swamp of survival fiction. I reviewed the first book a couple of months ago—in fact, it was my first real exposure to the LitRPG genre—and it felt like stepping into a surreal, blood-soaked […]
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Released in 2019, The Last Diaspora: Letters to Earth by Mandy Gardner is the first in a five-book sci-fi series about planetary colonisation, published by Endless Ink Publishing. While comparisons inevitably arise to Interstellar and Andy Weir novels like The Martian, this novel carves out its own distinctive voice. Though there are echoes of familiar […]
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Some books feel like they were made to be discovered on a school library shelf, shoved into a bag and finished in one sitting. Wyatt Moore’s second novel after 7 Days to Die is that kind of book. The Dyre Prophecy follows fourteen-year-old Kevin Greene, who returns to his small hometown of Dyre, Nevada after […]
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The Dreamer’s Path: Twin Peaks and David Lynch the Actor by Brent Simon, published in February 2026, is one of those wonderfully obsessive books that feels less like a standard film study and more like stumbling into a hidden archive assembled by someone who genuinely loved his subject. As someone whose own relationship with David […]
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What Lies Through The Smoke by C. C. Ford, released in 2025, is a debut novel that introduces readers to a world of dieselpunk vibes, a term I had never even heard before reading this book (in contrast to steampunk). The easiest comparison I can make is that it feels a little like Blade Runner […]