Michael Leon
The Prodigy Series
Discover the mesmerising world of Prodigy, a series spanning seven fantasy novellas that weave together gothic fantasy, time travel, and...
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TIMELESS TALES
Book Reviews and Tours
Michael Leon
- Dec 12, 2023
- 1 min
The Gothic Story
Dive into the shadowy realm of The Gothic Story, a twelve-minute journey through the evolution of Gothic literature and film. From the...
Michael Leon
- Oct 18, 2023
- 3 min
HG Wells & The Time Machines
H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" is a riveting journey through the corridors of time that blends science fiction with profound social...
Michael Leon
- Aug 8, 2023
- 3 min
The Many Faces of Jeckyll and Hyde
1886: Stevenson’s gothic novella "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", a bewitching exploration into the dual nature of humanity: Robert Louis...
Michael Leon
- Jul 5, 2023
- 4 min
The Many Pictures of Dorian Gray
1890: Wilde’s Bewitching Dance Between Beauty and Corruption. In Oscar Wilde's timeless masterpiece, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," he...
Michael Leon
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
Foundation
Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, a Hugo Award winner for Best of All Time Series 1966, was inspired by an earlier work, The Decline of...
Michael Leon
- Sep 11, 2022
- 1 min
The High House
Francesca, a climate scientist, and her husband secretly prepare their home, high on a protected bluff, to shelter against the coming...
Michael Leon
- Sep 1, 2022
- 4 min
A Climate of Revenge
Sarah and JanetM, are a human/Artificial Intelligence pair who do private investigations in the near future where our climate crisis has...
Michael Leon
- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
Last Star Standing
Blurb Aiden has always felt like an outsider. After the rebel assassin is captured and imprisoned by the world’s galactic overlords, he...
Michael Leon
- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min
Consider Phlebas
On the surface, Consider Phlebas is a story about an inconsequential event that occurred during a period of the Galactic war between two...
Michael Leon
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Chandelier Review Tour
Latest Review This was a brilliant new take on the Phantom of the Opera. As a fan of the original story, I’m absolutely thrilled at how...
Michael Leon
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Phantoms Review Tour
Latest Review This was a brilliant new take on the Phantom of the Opera. As a fan of the original story, I’m absolutely thrilled at how...
Michael Leon
- Jul 27, 2021
- 4 min
Antithesis
Antithesis is a collection of vivid and exhilarating science fiction stories, tied together by characters whose moral challenges offer...
Michael Leon
- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Electric Girl
Book Overview Polly Michaels is trying to forget that her mom has cancer. She keeps busy at school and plods through a normal social...
Michael Leon
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
The City We Became
There is a threat to New York of ‘Lovecraftian’ proportions, waged on New York by parallel universe apparitions. I thought I’d try the...
Michael Leon
- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
Necrogarden Review
Necrogarden (Book Two: NeuralTech Rising Series) Necrogarden, the second in Bryon Vaughn's trilogy, moves straight into the action as...
Michael Leon
- Feb 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Time Gatherer
Book Overview Coming of age as a time traveler isn’t easy. Young George St. James gets help from a magical medieval monk and a 23rd...
Michael Leon
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Ancillary Justice
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is set thousands of years into the future when the Radch Empire is the primary galactic power of...
Michael Leon
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Machines Like Me
I'm a fan of Ian McEwan's fiction, so I was interested to see how he tackled the Science Fiction genre. As expected, his portrayal of...
Michael Leon
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Review Tour: Sentient
Blurb A century has passed and yes, the human race stumbled into evolutionary compromise. But it’s not the androids who are the victors....
Michael Leon
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
The Ministry for the Future
The Ministry for the Future is established in 2025 as a response to an unfolding climate change catastrophe. A heatwave kills 20 million...
Michael Leon
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
Review: The Rose
Book Overview A masterful, dystopian science fiction thriller of underground genetic experiments, telepathic evil greys, mysterious...
Michael Leon
- Nov 3, 2020
- 4 min
Blurb Blitz Tour: Centricity
Book Overview The world already ended once. Now it's up to an outgunned negotiator, a disavowed spy, and an immersion-addicted hacker to...
Michael Leon
- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
Virtual Book Tour: Neurogarden
Review Neurogarden, Bryon Vaughn’s imaginative debut novel, delves into the possible future of AI technology. The theme is a familiar...
Michael Leon
- Aug 17, 2020
- 3 min
Book Blast Tour: Dark Matter
Blurb Earth is dying. The only salvation for humanity is colonizing space, yet so far that has failed. The last hope for survival exists...
Michael Leon
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
Review: A Memory Called Empire
This year’s 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. It’s hard to believe this is a debut novel as Arkady Martine’s tale is an accomplished work...
Michael Leon
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
Review: Children of Ruin
The sequel to Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, begins with an Earth terraforming program ship sent to the stars, where it makes an...
Michael Leon
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Review: The Light Brigade
The Light Brigade is set in a future where corporate giants rule a broken down society that stretches the solar system. War has broken...
Michael Leon
- May 28, 2020
- 1 min
Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
January Scaller is raised as a ward of the wealthy Mr Locke, a member of the exclusive New England Archaeological Society, who employs...
Michael Leon
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
Review: The City in the Middle of the Night
The story of this Hugo nominated novel takes place on the planet January, a sphere tidally locked to its star, creating two worlds, one...
Michael Leon
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
Book Blast Tour: Biology of the Brain
Blurb Are you sick? Are you plagued by chronic health problems with no cure or remedy in sight? Are you tired of spending thousands on...
Michael Leon
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Book Review: The Obelisk Gate
The key protagonist, Essun, remains the hero in The Obelisk Gate, as she settles into the underground community of Castrima. The surprise...
Michael Leon
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Book Review: The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season is an epic story of survival in an unstable planet, oppressed by nature - Father Earth, and human against human. Earth...
Michael Leon
- Feb 9, 2020
- 2 min
Book Review: The Calculating Stars
Mary R Kowal’s novel - The Calculating Stars - takes place in an alternate history where the USA’s scientists are not driven by the...
Michael Leon
- Feb 2, 2020
- 1 min
Book Review: The Three Body Problem
Where Cixin Liu's characters fall short, his world building shines, as does his take on theoretical physics, which dazzles like a noon...
Michael Leon
- Jan 19, 2020
- 4 min
Review Tour: BULB
Review Get ready for a glimpse of our 'tech-morphed' future. It makes our current world of selfies and social media look positively...
Michael Leon
- Dec 24, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Where Harare's two previous best sellers covered the past (Sapiens) and the future (Homodeus), his latest book, 21 Lessons for the 21st...
Michael Leon
- Dec 24, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review:Third Industrial Revolution
In the Third Industrial Revolution, Jeremy Rifkin describes the fast approaching third industrial revolution and what it means for the...
Michael Leon
- Dec 4, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Cubeball
Read the Blurb A naturally gifted ex-national champion and a savant with a computer-like mind compete against the world's best in the...
Michael Leon
- Dec 2, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Homodeus
Homodeus: This book is packed full of so many ideas. If you're interested in the future of our planet, buy this book! I read this while...
Michael Leon
- Nov 23, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Emissary
Read the Blurb Vincent is a scientist plagued with strange nightmares since childhood. He has successfully treated his illness with drugs...
Michael Leon
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Phantoms
Read the blurb The legend lives on in Phantoms as modern day Phantom of the Opera, Erik Destler, plots to take over and rule the famous...
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