The Draconic Bibliophile

  • Ukraine: Year One is the first book in the Fallout of War series by H. Peter Alesso. It tells the story of Commander James Fairbanks and his wife who are sent to assess and report on the condition of events in Ukraine in 2021 as they prepare for a Russian invasion. James works alongside the…

  • A Solitude of Wolverines is the first book in the Alex Carter series by Alice Henderson. When the book opens Alex Carter is a wildlife biologist living in Boston preparing for a speech about a study on an endangered bird species. The event and thus her speech are interrupted when a shooter decides to take…

  • Dragons of the Highlord Skies is the second volume of the Lost Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It picks up shortly after the events of Dragons of the Dwarven Depths and partially overlaps Dragons of Winter Night. Focusing on Kit, the story explores her finding out what is going on with her former…

  • Another story has come to an end. Tears of a Dragon is the final book in the Dragons In Our Midst series by Bryan Davis and it tells of the final confrontation between Billy and Morgan. Having returned from England after their trials with the seven circles in the previous book, Billy, Bonnie and their…

  • Armada x Drive by J. D. Peel was an interesting read. It tells the story of four childhood friends: Armada, Freya, Frien, and Flint. Having reached adulthood they each work on adjusting to their new assigned positions. Armada and Freya have become soldiers who work in sync to fight back against the machina while Flint…

  • The Nexus Protocol by Sven Rodrigues-Wagner is a weird mix of AI, virtual reality and nanotechnology all in one story. It tells of an AI known as Aegis Nexus and how it was developed to control the nanotechnology used for healthcare purposes and how it started developing in ways harmful to humanity but was unnoticed…

  • The Cabinet of Curiosities by Preston and Child is part of the Agent Pendergast series. This book focuses on his investigation into a place known as a Cabinet of Curiosities. When a group of bodies is found at a construction site from a series of murders that took place over a hundred years ago Agent…

  • Revenge of the Witch is the first book in The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney. It starts the story of young Thomas Ward, a seventh son of a seventh son, who is just about the right age to be apprenticed. His parents reach out to Old Gregory, more commonly known as the spook, who…

  • The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan is a book that is mildly sad and heartbreaking but also immensely inspiring and uplifting. It tells the story of three different young women and their interactions with a library at the height of WWII. Juliet has just been hired as a deputy head librarian for the Bethnal Green…

  • 9:26 by Hussein Kandil is a story that is threefold. Jad is a man who has become adrift after a tragic accident and finds himself on a bus populated by people who tend to speak in riddles and are both independent but co-dependent. Alongside him we have Bilal, a young man who wishes to fulfill…