LONGSHADOW by Olivia Atwater Orbit p/b £8.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson Olivia Atwater has done herself proud with this tale. She has brought in most of the main characters of Half a Soul and Ten Thousand Stitches to create a tangled tale of the interactions between the separations and… Read More »LONGSHADOW by Olivia Atwater from @orbitbooks
HORIZON ZERO DAWN: LIBERATION By Anne Toole, Elmer Damaso, Bryan Valenza, Jim Campbell Titan Comics, s/b, £14.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns This is another of the excellent Horizon Zero Dawn graphic novels based on the characters from the popular video game of the same name. Set in a post-apocalyptic future… Read More »HORIZON ZERO DAWN: LIBERATION By Anne Toole, Elmer Damaso, Bryan Valenza, Jim Campbell from @ComicsTitan
Misery and Other Lines by CC Adams Sinister Horror Company, ebook, £1.99 Reviewed by Melody Bowles Misery and Other Lines is a short story collection centred around terrifying happenings on the London Underground at Halloween. Every story begins with costume wearers and pumpkin-carriers mingling with ordinary Londoners to catch the… Read More »Misery and Other Lines by CC Adams @SinisterHC
DOCTOR WHO: EMPIRE OF THE WOLF By Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata, Warnia K. Sahadewa Titan Comics, s/b, £14.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns This superb graphic novel gives the fans what they want – more universe-crossing fun with Doctor Who. Featuring the fan-favourite floppy-haired Eleventh Doctor (as portrayed by Matt Smith)… Read More »DOCTOR WHO: EMPIRE OF THE WOLF By Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata, Warnia K. Sahadewa from @ComicsTitan
TEN THOUSAND STITCHES by Olivia Atwater Orbit p/b £8.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson Euphemia Reeves, known as Effie, is a humble, industrious domestic servant in the employ of Lord Culver. She is an intelligent young woman who dislikes how the world is ordered but, like the rest of us,… Read More »TEN THOUSAND STITCHES by Olivia Atwater from @orbitbooks
The Butterfly by Cixin Liu adapted and illustrated by Dan Panosian. Head of Zeus, pb, £14.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming War rages in the skies above Belgrade, and the residents hide in their basements, hoping to see another day. Scientists Alekander and Reznik have a plan to trigger weather events… Read More »The Butterfly by Cixin Liu, adapted and illustrated by Dan Panosian from @HoZ_Books
THE CHILDREN OF GODS AND FIGHTING MEN by Shauna Lawless Head of Zeus, hardback, £20.00 Reviewed by Stephen Frame The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is set in 10th-century Ireland, where Gormflaith, one of the last of the Fomorians, an immortal race of fire-magic wielders, lives in secret amongst… Read More »THE CHILDREN OF GODS AND FIGHTING MEN by Shauna Lawless from @HoZ_Books
Glitterati by Oliver K. Langmead Titan Books, paperback, £8.99 Reviewed by Robin C.M. Duncan Right from the word ‘go’, it was clear to anyone that Oliver Langmead’s long-form work was something quite exotic. His 2015 debut Dark Star is a detective noir poem. Yes, you read that correctly. This was followed in… Read More »Glitterati by Oliver K. Langmead from @TitanBooks
Not Good for Maidens by Toni Bovalino Titan Books, pb, £8.27 Reviewed by Melody Bowles Not Good For Maidens retells Christina Rossetti’s famous poem Goblin Market. The book’s evocative descriptions of the titular market are the best thing about it, offering up both unlikely wonders and bone-chilling horrors. The book… Read More »Not Good for Maidens by Toni Bovalino from @TitanBooks
Judge Fear’s Big Day Out by Various Authors Abaddon, ebook, £4.99 Reviewed by Martin Willoughby These are comic book stories without pictures and are superb. For someone who, like me, doesn’t read comic books, this is an excellent way to be introduced to the grumpy cop called Judge Dredd. You… Read More »Judge Fear’s Big Day Out by Various Authors from Abaddon