Surprised? Geek Native’s research suggests geeks are 50% more likely to pester authors and encourage them to finish the next book in a series. Let’s rewind and look how we got to those stats. Our methodology would not pass scientific scrutiny but hopefully is robust enough to be a talking point. This month we had […]
Competition: An interview with Empire of Silence’s Christopher Ruocchio and a chance to win!
This post is a two-for-one. We have an interview with Christopher Ruocchio who’s debut novel, Empire of Silence, is impressing reviewers and a chance to win a hardback copy of it! The main character is a hero and a murderer. On the wrong planet, at the right time, Hadrian Marlowe ends up being remembered as […]
Up close and space opera – An Empire of Silence review
Empire of Silence is the début novel from Christopher Ruocchio and “The Name of the Wind” meets “Dune” is how some people are describing it, which is no mean feat! I think this is an excellent way to summarise the feel and the scope of the sci-fi. We have an autobiographical account from the exiled […]