Bursts of Fire by Susan Forest is a fantasy novel following the three Falkyn sisters who find themselves out of their castle when their kingdom has been invaded
This is How You Lose the Time War – Rivaling time traveling spies, Red & Blue correspondence through space and time, taunting each other until they fall in love
A novel taking place in present day New York City involving a search for a missing manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe in a hidden world of magic & magical creatures
Geist is a sorceress in the Ethereal Squadron which employs the best sorceress from the US and the UK. Unbeknownst to her teammates Geist is a woman in disguise
Breach by W.L. Goodwater is a novel taking place in the aftermath of World War II, where the remaining powers fight with magic as well as conventional means.
Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord is a novel, imagining the famous Captain Ahab coming back from, what thought to have been, his last sail
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett a smart novel in a complex world where humans can tap the consciousness of objects convincing them that they are different
The characters, they are complex and three dimensional, as I mentioned none are “good” and none are “evil”, but complex human beings trying to stay alive and working for their own best interest.
Mr. King does write an excellent scene and creates a very dramatic world, but the cost was the storyline, which I thought wasn’t very substantial. The story feels more as an homage to Westerns (my favorite genre in films) and the magical world of Camelot. The novel does a great job at it, using the same technology and socioeconomic themes, but what makes a good movie does not necessarily makes a good book.
Most of all The Martian celebrates human inventiveness to survive. An adventure book celebrating intelligence, done with intellect, wit and full of suspense.