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I am Providence by Nick Mamatas review

   
    When I first became an internet reviewer on my website, THE UNITED FEDERATION OF CHARLES, I had one simple rule: don't review stuff you hate. It was something of a self-imposed rule because there was a temptation to exaggerate the negatives for publicity. A negative review inherently got more interest than a positive review--it was just one of those rules. I didn't want to be unfair, though, or crush another author's dreams. Besides, if I hated something...

An interview with Ben Bequer and Joshua Hoade, authors of Blackjack: Villain

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Avengers: Infinity War review

Warning - This may contain mild spoilers for the Infinity War. I tried to keep them out but it's hard to talk about the movie without some of them.

    So, just saw Infinity War. So, was it any good? Yeah, I would say so. However, I'm also going to be one of thos reviewers who doesn't really burst with enthusiasm over Marvel's latest epics. I liked Thor: Ragnarok more than Infinity War but still haven't written my review of that. I think that's because I don't have anything to...

Wearing the Cape: Recursion by Marion G. Harmon

    I'm a huge fan of Marion G. Harmon's WEARING THE CAPE. I have loved the adventures of Hope Astra since she first appeared on the scene and have followed the series ever since. It's probably my favorite superhero series after Jim Bernheimer's Confessions of a D-List Supervillain and Darius Brasher's the Omega Superhero. Speaking as a superhero writer myself, I also think the books benefit from being one of the few ones out there with a clearly unambiguous good guy as the pro...

Please Don't Tell My Parents You Believe Her by Richard Roberts

    And so ends the saga of Penny Akk a.k.a Bad Penny. I'm saddened by this event because I have been a huge fan of this YA series since it began with PLEASE DON'T TELL MY PARENTS I'M A SUPERVILLAIN. The fact the series is not going to be continuing with the Inscrutable Machine but spin offs like I DID NOT GIVE THAT SPIDER SUPERHUMAN INTELLIGENCE is disappointing despite how much I enjoyed it.

    The premise for this book is Penny Akk has had her body stolen by a...

AGENT G: SABOTEUR ebook and AN AMERICAN WEREDEER IN MICHIGAN audiobook now available

Hey folks,

I'm pleased to say that we've got two new releases which I think you will love. The first is AGENT G: SABOTEUR, the sequel to one of my favorite creations, AGENT G: INFILTRATOR. Cyborgs, gadgets, spies, and assassins once more get brought together for this work.


Agent G has left the service of the International Refugee Society, the world's biggest provider of murder for hire, in order to work for the United States government. Unfortunately, they are sending him after his former emplo...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands review

    I'm actually a huge fan of Tom Clancy, which is kind of oft-kilter since he's the original "Dad's thriller" author who created a genre defined by America being under threat by any number of increasingly ridiculous threats. I'm particularly fond of the excellent marketing he did before his death, creating the character of Sam Fisher, the Rainbow Six series, and Ghost Recon. Still, there's one thing about the man's legacy which leaves me kind of iffy and that's the fact despi...

Broken Nights: Strange Worlds review

    BROKEN NIGHTS: STRANGE WORLDS is the sequel to Matthew Davenport's BROKEN NIGHTS. The previous book ended with a bang, causing the creation of an A.I. as well as the transformation of Jason Night into the Guardian. After six months, he's almost cleaned up crime in his city when things go completely pear-shaped.

    I love Matthew Davenport's neo-pulp style and have read his other works like the TESTAMENT OF ANDREW DORAN and THE TRIALS OF OBED MARSH. As a super...

Far Cry 5 review

    This is easily my favorite of the past few Far Cry games. I eventually warmed to Far Cry 3, I loved Far Cry 4 with some caveats, I hated Far Cry: Primal (to the point I didn't review it), and I've really loved Far Cry 5. I will say, though, this is a game which had the misfortune to be released at a time when everyone is trying to make everything about the Trump election. There's some digs against Trump in the game which are hilarious but they're good-natured South Park-esq...

13 Superhero Novel Recommendations

    Superheroes are a medium that should go hand in hand with books.

    They just don't.

    It's such a visual medium that we innately associate them with comic books, even though they've since gone on to be part of television, movies, and video games. Literature has never really had its superhero success, however. The closest thing it had was the 30s pulp era when comics didn't exist yet but we had people like the Shadow or Doc Savage. The great l...