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Who’s ready for the apocalypse say “I”! While Heaven and Hell have both been gearing up for this big show-down since time began, not everyone is on the same page. Turns out that a demon (Crowley) and an angel (Aziraphale) have grown to quite like life here on Earth. They’re not at all ready to have everything end in a blaze
Read MoreStar Wars: Inquisitor Rise of the Red Blade by Delilah S. Dawson is the newest addition to the Star Wars library. I have been looking forward to this book for months and it did not disappoint. It covers my favorite time period in Star Wars, the prequels and post-Order 66. Dawson did a fantastic job weaving Iskat’s story into the existing
Read MoreDo you remember which Doctor you began your Doctor Who journey with? My own personal journey with Doctor Who was a recommendation from one of my dearest friends. Having met on a Harry Potter roleplaying website, she told me that if I was going to begin the series, I mustn’t skip nine. She was entirely right. Christopher Eccleston’s time in the
Read MoreAt just ten years old, she was the sole survivor of a massacre that killed her entire family and toppled her country. In the time since then, Sylvia has built a new life for herself. Far away from her home country, she has a job, friends, and simple hopes for her future. But her past is never far away. If anyone
Read MoreOff Route 13, down a long, overgrown drive, sits an old decaying mansion. Within the mansion are winding halls, stairs to nowhere, and doors that are best left closed. The rooms are filled with items that tell the tales of the 999 guests. In charge of all these artifacts and tales is Amicus Arcane. Of course, it’s great to curate these
Read MoreIn Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker, the forest rules all. A dangerous land full of old gods, the forest is a place of fear for most people in Crua. But not for Cahan Du-Nahere. He has ventured into the woods many times and gone deeper than almost anyone. He doesn’t fear the woods, but he does have a healthy
Read MoreEven heroes eventually grow old, if fate is kind to them. In Wastelanders: Star-Lord by Sarah Cawkwell, Peter Quill, A.K.A. Star-Lord, and Rocket Raccoon have managed to achieve old age. But they’re no longer the heroes they once were. The rest of the Guardians are gone, it’s just Quill and Rocket trying to make ends meet. So they take a questionable
Read MoreGeralt is a witcher. He’s been trained to fight monsters and protect people but now he’s been drawn into something bigger. He’s tied himself to Ciri, a child of prophecy. Ciri has great power and will someday have the power to change the world for better or worse. If she can survive that long. But war is breaking out, coups threaten
Read MoreOnce again we journey to the land of The Witcher in Blood of the Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski (Translated into English by Danusia Stok). This time we are treated to a full story instead of the anthology style of the first two books. At the end of Sword of Destiny Geralt was reunited with Ciri, the Child of Surprise that had
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