The Poppy War Series – Book 2 “People will seek to use you or destroy you. If you want to live, you must pick a side. So do not shirk from war, child. Do not flinch from suffering. When you hear screaming, run toward it.” So what’s the book about? After the great battle, the…
The Waking Fire – Anthony Ryan
Draconis Memoria – Book 1 “True change has never been bloodless.” So what’s the book about? Dragon blood is considered one of the most important commodities. Red, green, blue and black dragons are hunted to obtain their blood. A few blessed ones can use the elixir to obtain various abilities. But the truth is that…
The Poppy War – R.F. Kuang
The Poppy War Series – Book 1 “I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.” So what’s the book about? As a war orphan, young Rin is at the mercy of her opium-smuggling foster parents and has only one…
Stormblood – Jeremy Szal
“But that’s the burden of being human – doing right by the people you love, long after its stopped making sense.” So what’s the book about? To get the perfect soldiers Harmony injected volunteers with an alien drug. Through this injected alien DNA, thousands of soldiers became addicted to adrenaline and aggression. Even though this…
We Ride the Storm – Devin Madson
“Do not make assumptions about things you know nothing about. An emperor serves his people. The day the people serve the emperor is the day the empire falls. Remember that, Miko, if nothing else. War profits no peasant.” So what’s the book about? An empire is on the verge of collapse and three fighters become…
Rage of Dragons – Evan Winter
“The days without difficulty are the days you do not improve. The days you do not improve are the days the men behind you close the distance.” So what’s the book about? The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for centuries. To make up for the difference in the number of warriors, some…
The Reading Stray 