Category Archives: Published in 2014

Powerless (Again)

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Eric Searleman

Years ago, when we read Matthew Cody’s terrific superhero novel Powerless, we never suspected that it was the first book in a planned trilogy. And yet here we are. Villainous crowns a three-book series about kids with super powers living … Continue reading →

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Fringe Noir

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Eric Searleman

Sins of the Father, the latest novel from Christa Faust is somewhat similar to her Hard Case Crime hardboiled adventures. It features a con man, a high-stakes sting, and lots of gunplay. Let’s call it Fringe noir: things start badly and … Continue reading →

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The New Indestructibles

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Eric Searleman

In the first Indestructibles novel readers were introduced to a team of young eclectic heroes — Solar, Straylight, Entropy Emily, Fury, and Dancer. Along with their mentor Doctor Silence, they were the new kids on the superhero block. Now, in … Continue reading →

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Live! In the Link Age: Short Reviews of 2014 (Revisited)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Eric Searleman

The 9 Super Girls (by Tigerlily Emi Kawasaki / First Printing: December 2013) is a self-published, one-of-a-kind portfolio of drawings featuring super-powered girls who punch, fly, swim, make music, wield swords, and control the weather. There’s even one character whose … Continue reading →

Posted in Live! In the Link Age, Published in 2014 | Tagged A Night at the Opera, Blackbird's Song, Blood and Rust, Casey Glanders, Catgirl, Date Night, Dreams, Eric Haven, Felipe Smith, Ghost Rider, Heat of the Night, J.K. Waylon, Lightweight, Nicholas Ahlhelm, Primeval, Stephen T. Brophy, Syed Hamdani, The 9 Super Girls, The Eternity Conundrum, The Impossible Door, Tigerlily Emi Kawasaki, Tradd Moore, UR | Comments Off

Superhero Novels: The Best of 2014 and a Peek at 2015

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Eric Searleman

2014 was definitely the year of the tiger as far as we’re concerned. Nick Harkaway’s latest novel featured a substantial superhero storyline and we are happy to embrace it as our favorite novel of the year. But really, when we … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Published in 2014 | Tagged Carrie Vaughn, Dreams of the Golden Age, Gene Luen Yang, John David Anderson, Matthew Phillion, Minion, Nick Harkaway, Sonny Liew, The Indestructibles, The Shadow Hero, Tigerman | Comments Off