Book Reviews

The N3F Review of Books N3FReview202206
Incorporating Prose Bono
Professor George Phillies, D.Sc., Editor
June 2022

Fiction

2 … Contact: Book One by Hank Quense … Review by Jim McCoy
3 … The Family Business by Mike Kupari … Review by Graham Bradley
6 … Hell Spawn by Declan Finn … Review by Ginger Man
7 … Infernal Affairs by Declan Finn … Review by Michael Gallagher
9 … Into the Real by John Ringo and Lydia Sherrer … Review by Declan Finn
12 … Minister’s Shoes by Celine Rose Mariotti … Review by Will Mayo
12 … Monster Hunter Files edited by Larry Correia and Bryan Thomas Schmidt
… Review by Declan Finn
14 … Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia … Review by Declan Finn
16 … Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer … Review by Graham Bradley
18 … Omim by Michael McGruther … Review by Trevor Denning
21 … Primordial Threat by M.A. Rothman … Review by Jim McCoy
22 … Primordial Threat by M.A. Rothman … Review by Graham Bradley
24 … Red Rising … And Falling by Pierce Brown … Review by Graham Bradley
27 … The Revenant and the Tomb by Herman P. Hunter … Review by Trevor Denning
28 … The Romanov Rescue by Kratman, Ezell & Watson … Review by Declan Finn
31 … Stand Against the Dark by Denton Salle … Review by Becky Jones
31 … The Talisman by Stephen King And Peter Straub … Review by Will Mayo
32 … TIER 1000 by Jason Anspach and Doc Spears … Review by Graham Bradley

Prose Bono

34 … Writing Death Cult A How-To Look by Declan Finn

FINIS

Forthcoming Books for July

Locus List of Forthcoming Books July

JUL 2022

  • A.C. WISE • Hooked • Titan Books US, Jul 2022 (tp, eb)
  • A.C. WISE • Hooked • Titan, Jul 2022 (tp)
  • ANYA OW • Ion Curtain • Rebellion/Solaris, Jul 2022 (eb, tp)
  • BECKY CHAMBERS • A Prayer for the Crown-Shy • Tordotcom, Jul 2022 (na, hc, eb)
  • BLAKE CROUCH • Upgrade • Penguin Random House/Ballantine, Jul 2022 (hc, eb)
  • BRIAN ATTEBERY • Fantasy: How It Works • Oxford University Press, Jul 2022 (nf, hc)
  • C.T. RWIZI • Primeval Fire • Amazon/47North, Jul 2022 (tp, hc, eb)
  • CATHERINE ASARO • The Jigsaw Assassin • Baen, Jul 2022 (tp, eb)
  • CHARLES STROSS • Ghost Engine • Little Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2022 (hc)
  • DARRELL, ed. SCHWEITZER • Shadows Out of Time • PS Publishing, Jul 2022 (hc)
  • DEAN KOONTZ • The Big Dark Sky • Amazon/Thomas & Mercer, Jul 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • DONNA, ed. SCOTT • Best of British Science Fiction 2021 • NewCon Press, Jul 2022 (hc, eb, tp)
  • EMMI ITÄRANTA • The Moonday Letters • Titan Books US, Jul 2022 (tp, eb)
  • EMMI ITÄRANTA • The Moonday Letters • Titan, Jul 2022 (tp)
  • ERIC BROWN • Kon Tiki Quartet Coda (with Keith Brooke) • PS Publishing, Jul 2022 (na, hc)
  • FOZ MEADOWS • A Strange and Stubborn Endurance • Tor, Jul 2022 (hc, eb)
  • GEORGE MANN • The Albion Initiative • Titan, Jul 2022 (tp)
  • GREG KEYES • Realms of the Deathless • Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Jul 2022 (tp, eb)
  • HARRY TURTLEDOVE • Three Miles Down • Tor, Jul 2022 (hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN MABERRY & JUSTIN CRIADO, EDS. • Weird Tales: Best of the Early Years 1923-25 • WordFire Press, Jul 2022 (an, tp, hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN MABERRY & KAYE BOOTH, EDS. • Weird Tales: Best of the Early Years 1926-27 • WordFire Press, Jul 2022 (an, tp, hc, eb)
  • LUCINDA ROY • Flying the Coop • Tor, Jul 2022 (hc, eb)
  • MICHAEL, ed. COBLEY • Night • Rain, and Neon, NewCon Press, Jul 2022 (hc, eb, tp)
  • NEAL ASHER • Jack Four • Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Jul 2022 (1st US, hc)
  • NEIL CLARKE & XIA JIA, ET AL., EDS. • New Voices in Chinese Science Fiction • Wyrm Publishing/Clarkesworld Books, Jul 2022 (oa, tp, hc, eb)
  • PAUL KINCAID • Brian W. Aldiss • University of Illinois Press, Jul 2022 (nf, b, tp, hc, eb)
  • PAUL TREMBLAY • The Pallbearers’ Club • HarperCollins/Morrow, Jul 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • PAUL TREMBLAY • The Pallbearers’ Club • Titan, Jul 2022 (h, tp)
  • RAYMOND E. FEIST • Master of Furies • Harper Voyager US, Jul 2022 (1st US, hc, eb)
  • RICH LARSON • Ymir • Orbit US, Jul 2022 (tp, eb)
  • SARAH GAILEY • Just Like Home • Hodder & Stoughton, Jul 2022 (h, hc)
  • SARAH GAILEY • Just Like Home • Tor, Jul 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA • The Daughter of Doctor Moreau • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jul 2022 (h, hc, eb)
  • SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA • The Daughter of Doctor Moreau • Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jul 2022 (hc)
  • T. KINGFISHER • What Moves the Dead • Tor Nightfire, Jul 2022 (na, h, hc, eb)
  • TAD WILLIAMS • Into the Narrowdark • DAW, Jul 2022 (hc, eb)
  • THEODORA GOSS • The Collected Enchantments • Mythic Delirium Books, Jul 2022 (c, hc, eb)
  • TIM LEBBON • The Last Storm • Titan Books US, Jul 2022 (tp, eb)
  • TIM LEBBON • The Last Storm • Titan, Jul 2022 (tp)
  • TJ KLUNE • Heat Wave • Tor Teen, Jul 2022 (ya, v, hc, eb)