FANTASY BOOK REVIEW: THE SECRETS OF DREARCLIFF GRANGE SCHOOL BY KIM NEWMAN

 
The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School by Kim Newman

St Trininans was a school to the naughtiest children, Drearcliff Grange might look like a normal boarding school to the untrained eye, but inside the girls who stay there have strange gifts. Amy Thomsett is one of those special girls who has the habit of sleeping on the ceiling. Set in the 1920s Amy finds her way around the school to be easier than expected once she has found the right friends and is soon initiated into the Moth Club where she and her friends have to find a girl who has been abducted by an arcane hooded person.

HARD SCI FI REVIEW: LEGION OF THE DAMNED BY WILLIAM C. DIETZ

 
Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz

In the future criminals and the terminally ill all have two choices, be executed or join up for the Legion of the Damned These fighters are cyborgs soldiers and humans who have had their bodies changed, and their minds put into huge war machines that will fight off the enemy. This is the first in the series that mixes military science fiction and adventure. It is this series which incidentally started the Andromeda prequel series of novels.

HARD SF REVIEW: BY FORCE OF ARMS BY WILLIAM C. DIETZ

 
By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz

In By Blood Alone, Colonel Bill Booly got sent down to Earth as punishment for not changing his testimony about another officer. His feeling on his betrayal have to be kept aside though as there are more pressing matters to deal with. Now he is General Booly and his men have to save every person in the universe as a killer technology threatens to destroy them.

ANIME REVIEW: PARASYTE: THE MAXIM

Parasyte: The Maxim Collection 1
Released By: Animatsu
Rating: 15
Running Time: 300 Mins
Audio: English & Japanese DD 2.0
Release Date: Out Now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

What looks to everyone else like a kid attending school and going about his teenage life in a normal way changes when Shinichi Izumi dreams of an alien parasite burrowing its way into his arm one night, only to find out it wasn't a dream!

YAOI PREVIEW: UNRULY PROTEGE BY KATSURA AND YURAMEI

Unruly Protege by Katsura and Yuramei

Synopsis:
Two young men from startlingly different backgrounds, take the bold and dangerous decision to enter the secretive, yet alluring world of the Yakuza.

YAOI PREVIEW: DINING BAR AKIRA BY TOMOKO YAMASHITA

Dining Bar Akira
Tomoko Yamashita
BL
Age 16+
NETCOMICS

Synopsis:
In Tomoko Yamashita's Dining Bar Akira, romantic passions battle with cool logic behind kitchen doors.

There's always drama when you're trying to run a busy bar and restaurant.

MANGA PREVIEW: OTOMEN VOL:2

Otomen Vol:2
Aya Kanno

Synopsis:
Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Ryo Miyakozuka, on the other hand, is a girl who can't sew or bake a cake to save her life. Asuka finds himself drawn to Ryo, but she likes only the manliest of men! Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to the girl that he's falling for?