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The Movement (Time Corrector Series Book 2) by Avi Datta

Sprawling, intricate, and undeniably page-turning read… Unsettling alternate realities and hard SF elements abound in this latest installment in Datta’s near-future Time Corrector Series. Emika Amari, Vincent’s former lover, has kept herself away from the scientific genius. She has a…
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Imperious Realm (Reign of the North Forest Book 1) by Athene Z. Adam

An exciting series starter with engaging concepts and tight plotting… With the fate of their people hanging in the balance, two young heroes must join hands and find a way out of the impossible situation in Adam’s debut installment in…
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The Adventures of Randy by Andrew Zellgert

An enthralling tale seasoned with fun, adventure, and SF intrigue… Zellgert’s latest follows the adventures of an unlikely hero, who finds himself entangled in a horde of life-and-death situations after he joins a restaurant workforce. Randy is just an ordinary…
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ASSIGNMENT: Earth by Lynne Armstrong-Jones

 A warm, satisfying SF tale that intrigues and charms… A young man falls in love with an enigmatic stranger in Armstrong-Jones’s latest novel. Trying to get over his recent break-up, Jared Collins is desperate to get a meaningful job and…
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Republic Under Siege: Threat from Within (Wars of the New Humanity Book 2) by Michael J. Brooks

Thoroughly captivating, ingenious, and full of heart-pounding tension… Brooks’s latest SF thriller, the second in the Wars of the New Humanity, examines racial, class, and gender disparity on a utopian paradise. Nineteen-year-old Akane Sugimori from Colony Three is more than…
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The Last Skinweaver (The Book of Ruin 4) by W.G. Hladky

A fast-paced, richly imagined, gritty tale of epic proportions… In Hladky’s fourth installment of The Book of Ruin series, Roge Callan pulls together a small crew of misfits and travels from Mitteleuropa to Russia to the Middle Kingdom to locate…
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Bottle Born Blues (Spoils Of War Book 1) by Conor H. Carton

A complex, harrowing tale of courage, resilience, and freedom.. Carton weaves elements of dystopia and philosophy into a winning combination of action and science fiction in his debut installment in the Spoils of War series. Artificial life form, Shakbout Mansard…
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SPVCE by a. w. karen

A solid, authentic SF tale with plenty of food for thought… Set in a distant future, karen’s poignant latest novel, with its elements of sci-fi and individual consciousness, highlights tensions between personal desire and others’ expectations. From a young age,…
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Leather & Lace: The Fool’s Adventure #2 by Lauren Sevier, Abbie Lynn Smith

Thrilling, edgy, and thoroughly addictive…Perfect for devouring in a single sitting. Sevier and Smith’s second installment in The Fool’s Adventure series is a thrilling mix of high action and poignant romance. It’s been three years since Bonnie disappeared from Jesse’s…
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Arose from a Tide of Darkness: The Second Tale of Spanner by Josh Jackson

A brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced fantasy… A group of unlikely heroes joins an enigmatic young emissary on a mysterious quest in Jackson’s second installment in The Tales of Spanner series. Determined to live her life on her own terms,…
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LAB SPILL: A Dark Comedy. Maybe. (THE COOL THING SERIES) by Robert Rife

An action-packed, epic-in-scope adventure… Rife’s latest in The Cool Things series is full of mayhem, murder, monsters, and love. The toxic creature infested lower levels of the Waydowns, an ancient, buried starship, is off-limit for everyone except for the malevolent…
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Guardian: Into the Light of Day by JL Meredith

An action-packed, monster fighting fun… Fantasy mingles with superhero fun to form the background of Meredith’s entertaining first installment in her superhero fantasy series. It’s been 800 years. Elizabeth has been living a quiet life, discreetly helping humanity while keeping…
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Seven Beyond by Stella Atrium

Vividly imagined and powerfully characterized—A powerful page-turner of fantasy, sci-fi, adventure, and intrigue. Intricate and creative worldbuilding, superb set pieces, and emotionally complex, fully fleshed-out characters complement the twist-riddled plot of Atrium’s remarkable latest novel. After escaping their lost homeworld,…
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The Escapers: Book One of the Alien Harvester Series by L.J. Monahan 

An exciting, layered, and action-filled, memorable page-turner. Monahan’s debut installment in the Alien Harvester series offers a fusion of apocalyptic fiction and SF, chronicling a teen’s struggle to survive after getting captured by alien invaders. Fourteen-year-old Bryce lost his parents…
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The Firebrand River by Nancy Smith

A mystifying, suspenseful, and entertaining read… Sinister conspiracies, corruption, romance, and murder mark Smith’s second installment in her near-future thriller series. What begins as an escape from the traumatic memories of her father’s prolonged illness and death turns into weekend…
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Forest (Vox Oculis Trilogy Book 3) by Frederic Martin 

Brilliantly wholesome and deeply heartening… A true page-turner Martin’s scintillating YA latest, the finale to his Vox Oculis trilogy, has richly described worldbuilding, tight plot, and hefty emotion, making for a complex and layered story. Blue’s unexpected encounter with Babineau’s…
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Kingdom of Acatalec (The Acatalec Series Book 1) by S. M. McCoy

Dazzling… The ultimate page-turner. McCoy skillfully mashes the fast-paced lingo of sci-fi thrillers with the colorful worldbuilding of paranormal fantasy in her series starter in The Acatalec. For Tyler, taking part in illegal drone races on the side to get…
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The Outlaw Gillis Kerg (Physics, Lust and Greed #4) by Mike Murphey

A brilliant premise and great fun… Thoroughly entertaining. Original touches and time-travel intrigue keep Murphey’s clever fourth installment in the Physics, Lust and Greed series ticking along nicely. With the government overseers suspending the time travel operations, the Happy Home…
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The Stellar Snow Job by Marie Howalt

Original and tongue-in-cheek… A rip-roaring space adventure. Howalt’s clever latest expertly combines well-executed action with witty banter between authentic characters. With barely any job in sight, Private Investigator Richard Hart and his snarky pilot Eddie Macías are more than happy…
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Project Anan (Book 1 of the Energy Exchange Series) by Lionel Lazarus

An exciting space opera… Lazarus’s debut installment in the Energy Exchange Series is marked with layered conflict and loads of tension. When the aliens first invaded Earth, they extracted its precious energy, changed the human population and left. But when…