Ecko Endgame is the final of the three Ecko novels from Danie Ware. Geek Native’s previously looked at the first book Ecko Rising and the second Ecko Burning and now, in the third, we discover whether our cyberpunk assassin is mad, trapped in the Matrix, fallen through a dimensional rift or caught in some hypotonic […]
An unholy epic for your eyes: A review of Elric of Melnibone
Geek Native’s looked at the new releases of Elric of Melnibone and liked them. The Michael Moorcock Library Vol.1 – Elric of Melnibone is different insofar as it brings together the original 1980 comic adaptation into a hardback. The story is the same. At least, that’s the theory. In reality, this Elric of Melnibone feels […]
Creepily good: A review of Mira Nikki – Future Diary
We’ve taken a dip into the Future Diary before on Geek Native. Years before a UK release, international reviewer L. Meridian offered us a glimpse inside. We were warned of impending horror despite appearances. This review looks at Collection 1, that’s episodes 1 to 13, and takes us into that horror. Our “hero” is an […]
Who’s the bad guy now? A review of Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, part 2
It keeps on getting better. The first half of season 2 was better than the first and the second part is better still. Aladdin’s gone off to secretly explore the Kingdom of Magnostadt which is ruled by the wizards and seems to be a wonderful utopia compared to the poverty and brewing wars outside. There’s […]
In Shadow and Corruption – a review of Symbaroum
Symbaroum brings a complete Swedish tabletop fantasy role-playing game to a wider English-speaking audience in a hardback volume or as a PDF. Not the first tabletop game to achieve this transition by any means, Symbaroum might seem unusual in that it only appeared in it’s original language format in 2013. Funding the translation by IndieGoGo, […]
A dangerous urban fantasy: A review of Beyond the Boundary
The opening scene in Beyond The Boundary will catch your attention. The series will hold it. In short; this anime should be on your watch list. A society of spirit warriors secretly battles against spirits on Earth that only they can see. One of the first of these powerful youmu the team goes up against […]
Say goodbye to your sanity: A review of FutureQuake 28
A friend tipped me off to FutureQuake, providing a copy for me to look at and muttering about 2000 AD. I was happy enough to take a look. I’ve no shortage of comic books to read but I always try and make time for recommendations. I was surprised at Future Quake. It was much better […]
Weirdly charming: World Conquest Zvezda Plot
The start of this anime reveals that a single teenager, leader of the Zvezda, manages to conquer the modern world. That doesn’t really set the scene at all, it just means that despite what happens next; they did it. After that brief intro we’re then introduced to a bunch of unlikely misfits that seem to […]
An omnibus of magic: A review of The Mage Storms
The Mage Storms is an omnibus edition from Titan Books that brings together the three books Storm Warning, Storm Rising and Storm Breaking from Mercedes Lackey. As it happens, despite all the books to her credit, my only previous encounter with Mercedes Lackey was with Elemental Masters: Blood Red. I found that book to be […]
An introduction to Josei: Review of Bakumatsu Rock
I liked the premise of the series. Take a Japan where back in the 19th century, the dark rulers of the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled and banned all performers from singing any son that wasn’t a “Heaven’s Song”. These Heaven’s Songs work by brainwashing, calming and subjugating the masses. Skip forward and enter Sakamoto Ryouma and […]
