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Douglas’s 2025 Year in Books
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Douglas Lumsden
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I've had a wild couple of days. I wrote a Tweet, and it went viral. I have a few things to say about that right here.
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Agent of the Wild: A Fantasy LitRPG (The (Second) Life of Brian Book 2)
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| The second volume of Chris Tullbane's portal fantasy series features a more seasoned Brian Fieldings (from Midton, Ohio) who is adapting nicely to the dangerous fantasy world he found himself thrust into in volume one (Speaker of Tongues). This serie ...more | |
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Ziggy Nixon's review
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Agent of the Wild: A Fantasy LitRPG (The (Second) Life of Brian Book 2):
"All life is risky if you try hard enough.
OK, let's see if I can make this all clear: When you can't wait for an author to release his next book, that's a good sign! When you've gone through an author's whole catalogue and have recommended their books" Read more of this review » |
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Douglas Lumsden
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Agent of the Wild: A Fantasy LitRPG (The (Second) Life of Brian Book 2)
by Chris Tullbane (Goodreads Author) |
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| The second volume of Chris Tullbane's portal fantasy series features a more seasoned Brian Fieldings (from Midton, Ohio) who is adapting nicely to the dangerous fantasy world he found himself thrust into in volume one (Speaker of Tongues). This serie ...more | |
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Paul Emilio's review
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A Night Owl Slips into a Diner (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #4):
"First off, this is the type of book I want to write, the one I believe I am writing. It's noir mystery mixed with urban fantasy, steering clear of the usual, sometimes tired fantasy tropes. It’s Raymond Chandler and Jim Butcher all in one. Even the s"
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A Hag Rises from the Abyss (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #3):
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I have been impressed all of the way through this series. I am on my third round and have thoroughly enjoyed each book in the series. Recommended, highly recommended." |
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| Asteroid Savage is my kind of science fiction: it paints the challenges of modern living on a larger canvas. It's also a thrilling, fast-paced crime drama that will keep the reader continually engaged through the final page. Set on Mars, Trang's dram ...more | |
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| The fourth book in Fletcher's Obsidian Path trilogy (hey, it makes sense when he explains it) delves further into ideas about the influence of memory and context (especially love and friendship) on identity. This book absolutely requires that you've ...more | |
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| Asteroid Savage is my kind of science fiction: it paints the challenges of modern living on a larger canvas. It's also a thrilling, fast-paced crime drama that will keep the reader continually engaged through the final page. Set on Mars, Trang's dram ...more | |
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Tom Keegan and Vivian Davis (aka Gunselle), the stars of Bop City Swing, are back, and, as a reader, I couldn't be happier about it. Cool cop Tom is a
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“shook my head. “As long as you’re happy.” “Happy!” Gio barked out a short laugh. “Who the hell is happy? Happy is for chumps! I’m satisfied. I’ve got a nice family and I work steady. I can still enjoy a drink and a cigar, and sometimes I win a few bucks at poker. I love cars, and so does my son and one of my daughters. Fuck happy! I’ll take satisfaction any day of the week.”
― A Hag Rises from the Abyss
― A Hag Rises from the Abyss
“Part of my brain sometimes worked separately from the rest of it, and I often went along for the ride to see where it was taking me.”
― A Nymph Returns to the Sea: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel
― A Nymph Returns to the Sea: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel