Brian Nelson rated The Song of Achilles: 4 stars
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles is a 2011 novel by American writer Madeline Miller. Set during the Greek Heroic Age, it …
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Brian Nelson rated The House of Styx: 4 stars
The House of Styx by Derek Künsken (Venus Ascendant, #1)
The first in a ground breaking new science fiction series from the best-selling author of The Quantum Magician.
Life can …
Brian Nelson rated The Bear and the Nightingale: 4 stars
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (Winternight Trilogy, #1)
"In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow …
Brian Nelson rated Service Model: 4 stars
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor …
Brian Nelson rated Guards! Guards!: 4 stars
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #8)
Here there be dragons...and th denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed …
Brian Nelson rated Lords and Ladies: 4 stars
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #14)
It's a dreamy, midsummer's night in the Kingdom of Lancre. But music and romance aren't the only things filling the …
Brian Nelson rated Men at Arms: 4 stars
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett (Discworld (15))
Men at Arms is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 15th book in the Discworld series, first …
Brian Nelson rated Feet of Clay: 4 stars
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (17))
Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, …
Brian Nelson rated Picks and Shovels: 4 stars
Picks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #3)
*New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin …
Brian Nelson rated Pandora's Star: 4 stars
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such sf giants as …
Brian Nelson rated Alien Clay: 4 stars
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
From Arthur C. Clarke and Hugo Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a …
Brian Nelson rated A Sorceress Comes to Call: 4 stars
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets …
Brian Nelson rated The Ministry of Time: 4 stars
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what …
Brian Nelson rated Someone You Can Build a Nest In: 5 stars
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell
Shesheshen has …
Brian Nelson rated The Tainted Cup: 5 stars
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
In Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. …