2017 Books You Should Be Checking Out

Now that Light Dawning fervor is dying down and work is underway on new material (stay tuned for info coming soon), let’s take a look at books from other authors you should be reading this year!

Grimdark Fantasy

[image error]M.L. Spencer’s Darkwars series is getting a ton of praise lately, and the third and final book Darklands just came out earlier this summer.

Going a totally different direction is the highly-praised Kings Of The Wyld, which interjects rock ‘n roll into the dark fantasy genre as a band of old mercenaries come back together for one last job.

 

Grimdark Sci-Fi

[image error]Grimdark is definitely focused on the fantasy lately, but don’t forget that it very much has roots in the sci-fi genre, with the grand daddy of the genre of course being Warhammer 40,000.

Offering up a futuristic rendition of the dark fantasy style is C.T. Phipps and his space opera Lucifer’s Star.

 

 

Sci-Fi Romance

[image error]Now hold on a sec… romance you say? Yeah, it’s not my normal thing, but Wendie Nordgren’s Space Merchants series is actually some pretty legit action sci-fi that happens to have a lot of heavy breathing and will-they won’t-they going on.

Teagan starts from humble beginnings on earth but goes on to rule a galaxy-spanning empire. Starting with firs book, The Space Merchants the series is now in its fifth iteration with the recently-released Spider Queen. The whole series just got some killer new covers as well.

 

How About Some Horror?

[image error]Brian Barr has been pumping out some bizarre and wonderfully weird horror shorts this year, including the Three H trilogy (The Head, The House, and The Hell) along with some music themed stories, which of course always piques my interest.

This prolific author’s heavy metal / horror extravaganza Metal Magic is out now, with a punk themed follow-up also in the works and due out soon.