Sunday, February 24, 2013

Superheros: Rich Horton


Title: Superheros
Author:  Edited by Rich Horton
Genre: Sci Fi and Fantasy
Publisher: Prime Books
Publish Date: February 27, 2013
Pages: 384 (paperback)
ISBN: 9781607013808
Obtained:  Review copy obtained from Netgallery
Synopsis:  Superheroes: modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered, but like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth, great power tempered with flaws.

And now, find within these pages tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to fiction... reminding every adult of the child within, who ever wanted to wear a cape and cowl!

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A Gentlewoman's Chronicles: Micheal Coorlim


Title: A Gentlewomans’s Chronicles
Author:  Michael Coorlim
Genre:  Action/Adventure (Steampunk)
Publisher: Pomoconsumption Press
Publish Date: October 30th, 2012.
Pages: 115 (pdf)
ASIN: B009YZ9CMO
Obtained:  Review copy obtained from Librarything.
Synopsis:  Chronicles of a Gentlewoman is an action-packed thriller series following Aldora Fiske's adventures in an alternate history Victorian steampunk world. This collection of three novelletes takes her all the way from London, to the jungles of Mexico, to the Ottoman Empire.