The Dragons of Dorcastle is an Audible exclusive. It’s written by Jack Campbell the author of the excellent military sci-fi series The Lost Fleet. Two Great Guilds control the world of Dematr; the Mechanics and the Mages. The only thing that the two guilds agreed on – the world must not change. Now a Storm […]
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Competition: Win The Killing Time
The Killing Time is a novel set in the universe of the TV series Grimm. Follow Hank Griffin and Nick Burkhardt, two police detectives in Portland, as they are called to track down a missing person. The cops soon discover that a strange creature is stalking the streets, able to dissolve a victim with just […]
Actual alternative: A review of The Star Wars
The Star Wars is already an award winning comic; picking up the Diamond Gem Award for Best Licensed Comic in 2013. This graphic novel came out this winter and feels like an ideal gift for any Star Wars fans. You can imagine that Star Wars (A New Hope) had a script that was worked on […]
Mashpunk: A review of In Dark Service
I liked In Dark Service by the time I got to the end. The promise of the book kept me intrigued and although I may not ever understand why I struggled to push on through at the start, I am glad I got to the end. This is a good book. I had two concepts […]
Valiant Comics serves up The Valiant for December
The Valiant is a new, prestige format, limited series from Valiant Comics that’ll hit shelves in December. It’s written by Jeff Lamire (Green Arrow, Animal Man) and Matt Kindt (RAI, Mind MGMT) and illustrated by Paolo Rivera the Eisner Award winner known for his Daredevil work. This is a self-contained comic story that’ll involve Valiant’s […]
Hold tight: Daomu is coming
Daomu is a novel by Chinese author Xu “Kennedy” Lei. Magnetic Press and Evertold are in the last stages of a hardcover graphic novel adaptation. Kennedy oversaw the project himself, with illustration work from Concept Art House, with the goal of producing a first time introduction of his tomb robbing adventure to a western audience. […]
Porcelain: Bone China preview
Improper Books have announced the release of Porcelain: Bone China by Benjamin Read and Chris Wildgoose. Porcelain: Bone China is the second volume of the creator owned Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale trilogy and is due out in the Spring of 2015. A free, full colour preview of the first 12 pages of Bone China […]
Irregular Reconnaissance: Comic Books #8
Irregular Reconnaissance is Geek Native’s catch up with those comic book and graphic novels that have wrestled their way to the top of the pile. This is a collection of micro-reviews, chance to swap notes on what’s worth reading and what’s best left on the shelf. Recommend any comic books or graphic novels? Share your […]
Kickstarting Blake Northcott’s Final Empire
The Arena Mode series from Blake Northcott grew on the author’s hard earned reputation, writing skills and Kickstarter funding. The first novel, Arena Mode, 543% funded and the second, Assault or Attrition, hit 401%. This is the pitch for the third in the series – Final Empire. [Back this Campaign] The novel includes art from […]
Dark cowboy horror: A review of The Shotgun Arcana
One of my favourite reads of last year was R.S. Belcher’s Six-Gun Tarot. I recall playing around with words like “Steampunk” and “Lovecraft” to describe the occult western. In the head I mentioned Cthulhu, the Deadlands RPG but not steampunk. I’ll stick to my guns for The Shotgun Arcana. There’s less Lovecraft in The Shotgun […]
