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Book Review: Fired up for Dragonfired?

Book Review: Fired up for Dragonfired?

ARE YOU ON THE DARK PATH? TAKE THIS QUIZ TO FIND OUT. —⁠An Elven Pamphlet Dragonfired is J. Zachary Pike’s third book of the Dark Profit trilogy. I previously reviewed his first two books, Orconomics and Son of a Liche. Let’s look at his conclusion to the saga....

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Winter’s Maiden Review

Winter’s Maiden Review

Death was cold, colder than the deepest winter. And she sensed it edging its way into the cabin. I snagged an advanced reader copy of Winter’s Maiden by Morgan L. Busse. Her books are always a good read, but this one’s a little special. It’s a prequel to her first...

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Orconomics

Orconomics

I’ve wanted to read Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike for a long time, but I just had the ebook, and I really drag my feet without audio. As with Quest for Celestia, when I heard that the audiobook for Orconomics was released, it magically appeared on the top of my TBR...

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Quest for Celestia

Quest for Celestia

I snagged an ebook of Quest for Celestia several years ago. Steven James is a great writer, but despite this, I never managed to read it. I much prefer audiobooks, as they allow me to multi-task. So, when I heard that they’d released an audio version, I jumped on it....

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Hybrid

Hybrid

A year ago, I read Enhanced by Candace Kade and loved it. In a world where the upper class gives their children superpowers through genetic enhancements, the lower class, with no enhancements, lives in oppression and poverty. But once the Enhanced claimed power,...

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Water’s Break

Water’s Break

I recently finished reading Sophia Hansen's debut novel: Water’s Break. Summary Water’s Break tells the story of Nica, an Olomi (a mermaid-like people, but with legs instead of tails). When a disaster strikes, changing the very geology of her planet, and “breaking”...

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Uganda 2022

Uganda 2022

SchoolA Need Arises In the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, many Ugandans agreed to sell a bucket of soil to foreigners. Since the Ugandans couldn’t read or write, they signed the contract by placing their thumbprint on the signature line. Yet the contract was not for some soil...

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