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REVIEW: “Ithani” and “The Oberon Cycle,” by J. Scott Coatsworth

Oberon Cycle Trilogy

Title: IthaniSeries: The Oberon CycleAuthor: J. Scott CoatsworthGenre: sci fi, wing fic, mm romanceLGBTQ+ Category: gay, lesbianPublisher: DreamspinnerPages: Skythane – 244; Lander – 294; Ithani – 286B Series Link:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/the-oberon-cycle-trilogy/ Book One, Skythane:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/skythane/ Book Two, Lander:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/lander/ Book Three, Ithani:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/ithani/ About the Books Book 1: Skythane Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnson, a handsome, cocky skythane with a troubled past. Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Suspects & Scales, by Maz Maddox

Suspects & Scales - Maz Maddox

QSFer Maz Maddox has a new MM fantasy tale out, book three in her Stallion Ridge series: Suspects & Scales. Deputy Cody Moore is shattered. The murder of someone dear to him has pushed him to a breaking point and awakened the monster sleeping inside him. While the young man is no stranger to tragedy and death, having someone slaughtered under his watch has left him rattled with heartache. In the wake of the devastation, a mysterious shadow of a man is dispatched to Stallion Ridge to track down the murderer. Even with his heart in pieces and a coiling … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Merciful Bleed, by J. Hali Steele

Merciful Bleed

QSFer J. Hali Steele has a new MM paranormal short out: Merciful Bleed. Blood and venom—one sustains life, one kills! Paladin Bodine, called a Bleeder, is serpentine. He’s paid to extinguish unmanageable vampires and even end the lifecycle of those old and tired of existing. He cheats, lies and skulks, whatever it takes for his serpents to deliver. Paladin is damn good at what he does until he meets a vampire who turns his slithering world upside down. Braid Calderon means to stop the individual hired to end his sire’s life at any cost. He follows the murderous man whose … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Devil’s Bargain, by Kathryn Sparrow

Devil's Bargain - Kathryn Sparrow

Kathryn Sparrow has a new MM fantasy/paranormal book out: Devil’s Bargain. Seth Griffin is forced to live out his wildest dreams at the expense of his best friend, the man he loves. Seth Griffin’s life was basically on track. Attend Cornell, double major in Mechanical Engineering and Astronomy, play basketball, and room with his best friend, Kevin. So what if he had a hopeless crush on his gorgeous, straight friend. When Maynard Frederick Winthrop IV buys all of Seth’s family’s debt and threatens to foreclose, everything Seth has worked for is in jeopardy. Winthrop offers Seth a deal: spend a … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Duty, by Thianna Durston

QSFer Thianna Durston has a new MM paranormal book out in her “Drakyl Ranch” series: Duty. They’ve been safe for decades, but now the drakyl of Drakyl Ranch must fight for their lives and the lives of their human relatives against the vilest creatures to inhabit the earth: Vampyr. Jeffrey’s been a drakyl for 2 months. He loves being drakyl, but his overwhelming inability to stay awake during the day frustrates him. All he wants to do is be of assistance to his cousins. Instead, he spends his nights running perimeter checks and his days sleeping. Cor has been a … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Ostakis, by Angelica Primm

Ostakis - Angelica Primm

QSFer Angelica Primm has a new queer sci fi book with an intersex character: Ostakis. The Human Planets Collective sent young Ambassador Kaj Deder to the former colony planet Ostakis to establish relations. But in the twenty-five hundred years since Earth lost contact with Ostakis, the people of that colony have dramatically changed. Kaj is tasked with finding the reason for these changes while he forges trade links between the HPC and Ostakis. Without trade with the HPC, the dwindling resources of Ostakis will ultimately end human life on the planet. But his mission faces a huge obstacle in the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: “Ithani,” by J. Scott Coatsworth

Ithani

QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has the final MM sci fi book in his “Oberon Cycle” trilogy out – “Ithani”! Time is running out. After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The ithani–the aliens who broke the world–have reawakened from their hundred millennia-long slumber. When Xander and Jameson disappear in a flash, an already fractured world is thrown into chaos. The ithani plans, laid a hundred thousand years before, are finally coming to pass, and they threaten all life on Erro. Venin and Alix go on a desperate search for their missing and … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Apple Boy, by Isobel Starling

QSFer Isobel Starling has a new MM fantasy book out: The Apple Boy. A lost lordling, a farm boy, and a tale of mystery, magic, and murder! After a traumatic event, Winter Aeling finds himself destitute and penniless in the backwater town of Mallowick.  He needs to travel to the city of Serein and impart grave news that will bring war to the Empire, but without a horse, money, and with not a soul willing to help him, he has no choice but to line up with the common folk seeking paid work on the harvest.  As wagons roll into the market square … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Born Magic, by A.R. Moler

Born Magic - A.R. Moler

QSFer A.R. Moler has a new MM fantasy book out: Born Magic. And there’s a giveaway! Querteshan guardsman Jamal Fayed is on a routine patrol through the desert area known as the Burning when they discover an injured and unconscious man who looks to be from a nearby country, Perathea. Their two countries have a long history of animosity. When Nev ran from his master, he was fleeing for his life and any outcome seemed better than the death he was promised. But Nev has secrets, complicated secrets that involve both magic and his physical form. Can he build a … Read more

Polar Opposites, by Cheyenne Meadows

Polar Opposites, By Cheyenne Meadows

QSFer Cheyenne Meadows has a new MM paranormal shifter book out: Polar Opposites. Donovan is the new guy in town, a polar shifter, harboring a big secret. He’s a big city bear who moved to the tiny town of Forgotten, Wyoming, in hopes of finding peace. What he finds is poison ivy and angry wasps.  TJ, a grizzly shifter, is the local doctor with a past. He’s found a home in the country, but lacks happiness and a sense of belonging. The fact that he’s in the midst of his natural mating season doesn’t help in the least. The moment … Read more