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Dead Eye by Mark Greaney Publishing Information: Paperback; 496pages Publisher: Berkley; 3 Dec 2015 ISBN: 978-0425269053 Series: Gray Man #4 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Ex-CIA master assassin Court Gentry has always prided himself on his ability to disappear at will, to fly below the radar and exist in the shadows—to survive as the near-mythical Gray Man. But when he takes revenge upon a former employer who betrayed him, he exposes himself to something he’s never had to face before. A killer who is just like him. Code-named Dead Eye, Russell Whitlock is a graduate of the same ultra-secret Autonomous Asset Program that trained and once controlled Gentry. But now, Whitlock is a free agent who has been directed to terminate his fellow student of death. He knows how his target thinks, how he moves, and how he kills. And he knows the best way to do the job is to make Gentry run for his life—right up until the moment Dead Eye finally ends it…" I enjoy the ...

Nightwise by RS Belcher Publishing Information: Hardback; 320 Pgs Publisher: Tor; 18 August 2015 ISBN: 978-0765374608 Currently a standalone Copy: Provided by publisher Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "R.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series set in today's seedy occult underworld in Nightwise. In the more shadowy corners of the world, frequented by angels and demons and everything in-between, Laytham Ballard is a legend. It's said he raised the dead at the age of ten, stole the Philosopher's Stone in Vegas back in 1999, and survived the bloodsucking kiss of the Mosquito Queen. Wise in the hidden ways of the night, he's also a cynical bastard who stopped thinking of himself as the good guy a long time ago. Now a promise to a dying friend has Ballard on the trail of an escaped Serbian war criminal with friends in both high and low places―and a sinister history of blood sacrifices. Bal...

Title: Children of Earth and Sky Author : Guy Gavriel Kay Publisher: NAL, 10 May 2016 ISBN:  978-0451472960 E-Copy: Sent by the Publisher Reviewer: Yagiz "F rom the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request—and possibly to do more—and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman, posing as a doctor’s wife, but sent by Seressa as a spy. The trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he’s been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif—to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming." As these lives entwine, their fates—and those of many others—will hang in the b...

In the Stars I'll Find You by Bradley Beaulieu Publishing Information: Paperback; 214 pages Publisher: Quillings Literary Services; 1 April 2016 ISBN: 978-1939649188 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Bradley P. Beaulieu’s latest story collection features his science fictional work, from exploring far-flung worlds to finding what it means to be human through artificial intelligence to the cost of dividing ourself through the use of technology. In the Stars I’ll Find You & Other Tales of Futures Fantastic contains 10 stories that explore our very human relationship with technology, some in print for the first time." After reading Bradley's Twelve Kings in Sharakhai ( review here) and loving every minute of it, I decided to help fund his Kickstarter campaign and check out his short story collection. As with all collections I will give you a brief synopsis of the book and them my rating A-F (graded just like you would in school), followed by an ov...

Star Wars: Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol 1 Publishing Information: Paperback; 432 pages Publisher: Marvel; 28 April 2015 ISBN: 9780785193982 Copy: Out of Pocket Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Let the dark times begin! Marvel welcomes Star Wars to the Epic Collection program, with this first volume of a series focusing on the years that follow "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"! After the end of the Clone Wars, the Republic has fallen and Palatine exerts his ruthless grip on his new Galactic Empire. Now, the few Jedi that remain must decide whether to hold true to their faith, or abandon it completely in the face of a brutal purge--one carried out by the new Dark Lord of the Sith. Rise, Darth Vader! COLLECTING: STAR WARS: REPUBLIC 78-80; STAR WARS: PURGE, PURGE - SECONDS TO DIE, PURGE - THE HIDDEN BLADE ONE-SHOTS; STAR WARS: PURGE - THE TYRANT'S FIST 1-2; STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE LOST COMMAND 1-5; STAR WARS: DARK TIMES 1-5" I've been on a l...