Citadel (Troy Rising Book 2) by John Ringo replays Book 1 from a new POV and buries its best material under paperwork. Worth it for the last third.
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A Crown of Swords review: Rand’s move against Sammael in Illian, Cadsuane’s arrival, and a Wheel of Time reread that’s testing my patience in places.
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Lord of Chaos review: Dumai’s Wells, the Asha’man’s dramatic debut, Egwene’s rise as rebel Amyrlin, and a Wheel of Time reread that’s starting to sprawl.
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The Fires of Heaven review: Mat Cauthon’s brilliant Battle of Cairhien, Nynaeve vs Moghedien, and the gut-punch ending with Moiraine and Lanfear.
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The Shadow Rising is Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time at its peak: Perrin’s Two Rivers stand, Rhuidean’s buried history, and Mat’s fateful bargain. A reread review.
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A review of The Fantastic Four First Steps, where the retro-futuristic world and the Silver Surfer land but Galactus is nowhere near big enough.
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Live Free or Die (Troy Rising Book 1) by John Ringo, on a reread: maple syrup economics, the SAPL, and inflating an asteroid into a fortress.
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The Reality War discards the Rani, invents a daughter, rewrites Belinda’s whole series, and regenerates the Doctor into a face it refuses to explain.
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Wish World rewrites reality into a sunlit suburb where the Doctor has a wife and a daughter and no memory. Strong premise, and it’s all setup again.
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Blood of Heroes restarts the Gray Death Legion saga twenty-eight years on, with cadets defending Glengarry. Fun battles, familiar plot, different Keith.
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The Interstellar Song Contest starts as a Eurovision spoof and turns into a hostage thriller, with the Doctor doing something genuinely cruel.
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The Story and the Engine traps the Doctor in a Lagos barbershop powered by the stories its customers tell. Distinctive, warm, and unlike anything else.
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A review of Thunderbolts, where Florence Pugh and a strong vault fight carry a film that takes the easy way out on mental health and misreads the Sentry.
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Lucky Day brings Ruby back and turns a conspiracy streamer into the villain. Angrier and sharper than this era usually manages, and it bites.
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Heir to the Dragon is a BattleTech novel with almost no BattleMech combat. Charrette’s Theodore Kurita biography is the best thing in the classic line.
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The Well returns to the planet from Midnight five hundred centuries later and finds the thing still there. The best episode of the Gatwa era.
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Lux traps the Doctor and Belinda inside a 1952 cinema with a cartoon god made of light, and then steps outside the screen entirely. Strange and uneven.
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The Robot Revolution introduces Belinda Chandra via a star certificate, a robot uprising and an AI villain. Varada Sethu is excellent. The plot is not.
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Falcon Guard closes Robert Thurston’s Legend of the Jade Phoenix trilogy with Tukayyid from inside a losing Clan. A good ending, if a slightly tidy one.
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Dive into the epic world of Dune! Explore Arrakis, sandworms, and political intrigue in Villeneuve’s stunning film adaptation. Discover the Bene Gesserit, the spice melange, and Paul Atreides’ destiny. A …
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BattleTech
Wolves on the Border: A Deep Dive into Honor, Betrayal, and the Prelude to the Fourth Succession War
Explore Wolves on the Border, a pivotal BattleTech novel by Robert N. Charrette, delving into themes of honor and betrayal, and its significant impact on the BattleTech universe and the …