Wrap up of my reading highlights this month! What book did you enjoy this month?
Author: April
Soul Cage – L.R. Schulz
All power comes with a price. Having accidentally killed the most powerful mage in all of existence, Myddrin now lives a peaceful life in isolation. But there is no such thing as peace in the land of Otor. War calls. The voices of the dead haunt him, and there is nowhere to hide.
Daughter of the Empire – Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts
Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan. Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni. While in the opulent Imperial courts, assassins and spy-masters plot cunning and devious intrigues against the rightful heir.
The Child of the Greenwood – Joshua Walker
On the day the river destroyed his people, Jilo took up his father’s spear. Years later, when the heirloom is taken from him, he vows to do anything to get it back.
The river is sick and putrid.
The magic is in the wrong hands.
The spear is the answer to it all.
Sea of Souls – N.C. Scrimgeour
Dark be the water, and darker still the creatures that lurk within…
Immortal – Sue Lynn Tan
With darker forces closing in around them, and her kingdom plunged into peril, Liyen must risk everything to save her people from an unspeakable fate, even if it means forging a dangerous bond with the immortal… even if it means losing her heart.
All Systems Red – Martha Wells
In a corporate-controlled future, a self-aware security android named “Murderbot” accompanies a team of scientists on a planet. Hacking its governor module, it prefers solitude to human interaction. When a neighboring mission goes dark, the team and Murderbot must uncover the truth.
The Fifth Season – N.K. Jemisin
Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory, but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the long dark night.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea – T.J Klune
Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.
He’s the master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there…
Sistah Samurai – Tatiana Obey
I don’t care why folks are going around stealing ink. I don’t care why the monks are acting kinda strange. I don’t care that everybody is expecting me to save them. I might be a Sistah Samurai but those days playing hero were back when my knees didn’t ache, and I wasn’t the only one left.