Here we have a YA Fantasy, set in an imaginary society which is uncomfortably akin to ours but allows slavery. This leads to good thematic material, backed up by subtle and realistic mental conflict in both main characters. The slave is trying to be a good slave, while at the same time plotting to free […]
“Walking the Labyrinth” by Pamela Wax
Poetry as therapy is a common genre. Those in mourning who wish to take control of their loss often do so by talking about it or writing it down. This seems to be a therapeutic way of dealing with guilt and sorrow, and if it works for them, it is not for us to judge. […]
“Navigators of Draconis” by Jake Ashwell
This is a freewheeling, action-packed Space Opera, full of spaceships and technology set against a background of interstellar politics. The characters are the usual mixture of races and rogues, well portrayed and sympathetic. There seems to be a disconnect at the beginning, as if the author started the book, forgot what he wrote, then picked […]
“Kelvoo’s Testimonial” by Phil Bailey
This is the weirdest review I’m ever going to write, because the author himself has made a comment in the story, inadvertently summing up the problem with his own writing. Let me explain… This is a Science Fiction novel in the format of a report on a First Encounter with an alien species, written by […]