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[Review] Star Wars: A New Dawn — John Jackson Miller

Disney now has the rights to Star Wars, and everything you knew about EU was a lie.  A New Dawn is the first book in the new canonical Star Wars universe and they decided to give the reigns to John...

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[Review] Mission of Honor — David Weber

New Top of the Heap contributor David Wood delves deep into the Honor Harrington series, and with book 12, has just had enough.  In his analysis, find out why Mission of Honor fails in it’s Mission of...

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[Review] The Primarchs (Horus Heresy Vol 20) — Christian Dunn

Dave Wood gives us another critical look into an entry into the HUGE series The Horus Heresy.  What didn’t jive with Dave in this entry?  Spoilers abound, so tread carefully.           From the Back:...

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[Review] Star Wars: Tarkin — James Luceno

Grand Moff Tarkin is one of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars universe, though he was only on the screen for a small amount of time.  James Luceno has crafted yet again a perfect character...

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[Review] The 33: Needles Episode 2 — JC Hutchins

The 33 are back in the finale of Needles.  As they race to figure out who, or what killed John Fredrico, something seems to be keeping them from the truth.  We take a look at the best of the bunch in...

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[Review] The Chronoliths — Robert Charles Wilson

Contributor David Wood gives us a stellar review of this 2002 Hugo Award nominee and winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award ,The Chronoliths!           From the Back:   Scott Warden is a man...

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[Review] Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi — Kevin Hearne

Heir to the Jedi takes place directly after the destruction of the first Death Star and comes completely from the perspective of Luke Skywalker.  Written in 1st person, is Kevin Hearn able to convey...

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[Review+Audio] H2O — Irving Belateche & Paul Heitsch

In the future, the Passim Virus has wiped out much of humanity.  There are only a few safe zones around the USA and water is the most important element there is, and is coveted, fought for, and...

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[REVIEW] Where the Hell is Tesla? — Rob Dircks

Time travel, interdimensional transport, multi-verse, and Tesla??  How in the word does all this make sense?? How can one novel incorporate all of this and still make a decent read??  Somehow Rob...

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[Review] Star Wars: Lords of the Sith — Paul S. Kemp

  In the newest canon in the Star Wars universe, we start to see the pieces from other mediums falling together into the timeline.  Let’s see how this Vader/Palpatine team-up novel rates compared to...

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