Tag Archives: Young Adult

Bookshelf: Extracted

Posted on October 7, 2016 by David

Ember is a Rifter. Operating out of a multi-story underground bunker and guided by their ghost of Nikola Tesla, she and her fellow-Rifters — with no memory of their personal pasts — travel through time, backward and forward, protecting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Extracted, Sherry D. Ficklin, Steampunk, Tesla, The Lost Imperials, Time Travel, Tyler H. Jolley, Young Adult | 4 Comments

Bookshelf: Long Live the Suicide King

Posted on May 24, 2016 by David

Mostly I put speculative fiction on the Bookshelf here, because that’s what I myself read (mostly) and write (again, mostly). Long Live the Suicide King is not spec fic. It’s quirky, dark, funny, touching, and ultimately redemptive storytelling about middle-class … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: Residue

Posted on May 11, 2016 by David

Teenaged Jack Bishop sees the psychic residue left behind murders and monsters. His gift kicks in for the first time exactly when needed—upon the mysterious disappearance of his father, head of security at the mysterious Helix Corporation. Investigating his dad’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Dan Wells, Jack Bishop, John Cleaver, Ragnar, Residue, Steve Diamond, X-Files, Young Adult | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: The Dragons of Dorcastle

Posted on March 1, 2016 by David

Alain is a Mage; his power, like that of all his Guild, comes from the key insight that the world and everything in it are unimportant illusion, easily manipulated. When the caravan he is guarding comes under attack from suspiciously over-armed … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: Airships of Camelot

Posted on October 23, 2015 by David

Airships of Camelot is Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan meets The Once and Future King. Like Leviathan, Airships is likely to get called “Steampunk,” though that category fits loosely at best. In some ways, this retelling of the Arthur story has more … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Airships of Camelot, King Arthur, Leviathan, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, Robison Wells, Scott Westerfeld, Steampunk, T.H. White, The Once and Future King, Young Adult | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: Sands

Posted on October 16, 2015 by David

Lhaurel is a young woman of the desert people, the Sidena, who take shelter on stone during the part of the year when the reptilian genesauri rampage on the sands. Lhaurel has always been a bit different — tall, thin, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Ann McCaffrey, Dragonriders of Pern, Dune, Frank Herbert, Kevin L. Nielsen, Sands, Young Adult | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: Five Out of the Dark

Posted on February 20, 2015 by David

The high concept pitch for these books is as easy as it is exciting: Five is Harry Potter meets Twilight, set against the mythos of the Dresden Files. Paige is a preacher’s daughter who accidentally discovers her own magical powers … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Dresden Files, Fantasy, Harry Potter, Holli Anderson, J.K. Rowling, Jim Butcher, Stephanie Meyer, Twilight, Young Adult | 1 Comment

Bookshelf: The Billy Saga

Posted on May 28, 2014 by David

Michaelbrent Collings is a writer probably best known for his horror novels, but he’s always written outside that genre, from science fiction thrillers to young adult vampire romance to karate instruction manual. With the Billy Saga, Michaelbrent gets into Middle … Continue reading →