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Sue Burke, Sue Burke: Semiosis (EBook, 2018, Tom Doherty Associates) 5 stars

Human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance in Semiosis, a character driven science fiction novel …

Semiosis

4 stars

I don't usually seek out hard scifi, because I feel like the story often gets drowned out by scientific minutiae, but Semiosis does a great job of balancing that. I love that each chapter is a vignette in a potentially different style. Will this one be a whodunit? Political thriller? Let's find out!

reviewed The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva

Veo Corva: The Beautiful Decay (EBook, 2023, Witch Key Fiction) 5 stars

Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …

The Beautiful Decay

5 stars

The characters have matured since Books & Bone (except Larry), and the plot has gotten more epic, but the atmosphere is still cozy and inviting.

The Beautiful Decay is living (undead) proof that gripping epic fantasy doesn't have to be grimdark.

Veo Corva: The Beautiful Decay (EBook, 2023, Witch Key Fiction) 5 stars

Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …

Deep beneath the Dead Mountains, in a secret and sprawling necropolis that smelled of dust and carried the chill of death, a woman with colourless eyes and a long trailing gown of black lace snorted and jerked upright, knocking over the complicated array of bobbins and partially-knit lace on the table in front of her.

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