Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy, a blog dedicated to all things fantasy and speculative fiction, from book reviews to essays on world building, characters, and favorite novels.

Book Review: A Wolf in Space (The Raoke Gang) by Alex Valdiers

A Wolf in Space Series: The Raoke Gang, #1 Author: Alex Valdiers Genre: Space Fantasy Book Description: Gunslinger. Skyhorse rider. Lone Wolf. Malvius is a veteran gunslinger in Larragon, a six-planet solar system with two rivers: two train lines linking each planet together. The two rivers are a beehive for opportunistic merchants and feisty gunslingers. …

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Book Review: Shadow of Hyperion (The Hybrid Helix) by JCM Berne

Shadow of Hyperion Series: The Hybrid Helix, #4 Author: JCM Berne Genre: Space Fantasy Book Description: Rohan once served the Empire. At great cost, he earned his freedom, and has since sought nothing more than to finish his shift in peace and figure out where his love life is going. Then he receives a message …

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SPFBO 9 Author Spotlight: Natalie Kelda with RIVER IN THE GALAXY

Hi! Today, I get to feature another author in the 9nth annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off! Natalie Kelda not only writes, she also draws and explores other creative activities, and her debut novel and SPFBO 9 entree (which by the way placed well in the cover contest; and no, it had nothing to do with all …

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Book Review: Blood Reunion (The Hybrid Helix) by JCM Berne

Blood Reunion Series: The Hybrid Helix, #3 Author: JCM Berne Genre: Space Fantasy Book Description: People are dying, their corpses left savaged and drained of blood. The obvious culprit: vampires. But vampires shouldn’t be able to sneak around Wistful undetected or shadowstep freely inside her body. Soon the station herself becomes oddly uncooperative, leaving Rohan …

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Book Review: Return of the Griffin (The Hybrid Helix) by JCM Berne

Return of the Griffin Series: The Hybrid Helix, Turn Two Author: JCM Berne Genre: Space Fantasy Book Description: Humanity faces extinction. Ten-kiloton monsters are rising from the depths of the Pacific, levelling entire cities in frenzies of destruction. Earth’s heroes have been decimated. The survivors put their hope in one last, desperate plan: find Hyperion, …

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