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A lone figure stands on the jagged lava fields of Criccieth’s Hell, staring up at a blazing eclipse-like Eye burning in the smoke-filled sky.

Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Eyes of the Void Review: The Stakes Get Higher in Tchaikovsky’s Sequel Shards of Earth left me wanting more of Idris Telemmier, Solace,[…]

Astronaut in a bulky spacesuit stands in a blizzard on a dark alien ice planet, facing a glowing domed research habitat as jagged knife-like towers tilt from the snow.

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

Clay | December 5

Ghost Station Book Review: The Perfect Sci-Fi Horror for Fall Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes was exactly the book I was looking[…]

A woman stands alone in a dim, teal-lit control room on a decaying space barge, watching flickering monitors that show a crawling human figure, a ghostly boy’s hologram, and a corridor lined with shadowy cryo pods, inspired by the space-horror novel Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes.

Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes

Clay | November 21

A Claustrophobic Space Thriller As I stated in my Dead Silence review, I wanted to read a glut of thrillers that verge on[…]

Derelict starliner ballroom with bodies; through a cracked window, a starfield and a small salvage ship approach.

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Clay | September 26

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes It is September, and I am struck by the mood for thrillers that verge on the horror side[…]

A colossal crystalline alien structure looms over an Earth-like planet as fleets of human warships unleash bright laser fire against it in the depths of space.

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Clay | August 15

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky Imagine Firefly colliding with a galaxy-sized mystery that could end humanity and that’s the energy of Shards[…]

A large, intelligent spider confronts a lone astronaut on an alien terrain with webbing in the air and a lush Earth-like planet and spacecraft looming above — capturing the central tension of Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky review

Clayton | July 4

A Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Masterpiece Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky was recommended by a coworker and sounded interesting, so I picked it up[…]

A lone astronaut in a white spacesuit floats tethered near a large cylindrical spacecraft, facing a glowing yellow star in deep space. The scene captures the isolation and intensity of interstellar travel, evoking the themes of survival and discovery from Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Review

Clay | June 6

Why Andy Weir’s Sci-Fi Thriller is Worth the Hype I have to admit, before diving into Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, I[…]