The Power of Price (Dreams of Dust and Steel #1) by Michael Michel
Publisher: Chainbreaker Books
Publication Date: April 2, 2025 (first published January 31, 2023)
Format: Hardcover, 500 pages
Genre: Fantasy – Epic / Dark
POV Style: Multi
Map Included: Yes – Helpful
🚑 Triage Score
Score: 3.5 / 5 — 🩹 Outpatient Care
Colony One Mars (Colony Mars #1) by Gerald M Kilby
Publisher: Outer Planet Media
Publication Date: March 16, 2016
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Genre: Science Fiction
POV Style: Single
Map Included: No – Not Needed
🚑 Triage Score
Score: 3 — 🩹 Outpatient Care
Completely surpassed my expectation.
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Promise of Blood (Powder Mage #1) by Brian McClellan
Publisher: Orbit
Publication Date: Apri 8, 2014 (first published: April 16, 2013)
Format: Paperback, 608 pages
Genre: Fantasy – Epic/Flintlock
POV Style: Multi – 3rd Person
Map Included: Yes – Essential
🚑 Fantasy Triage Score
Score: 4.5 — 🚑 Immediate Admission
Continue reading “Diagnostic Examination: Promise of Blood (Powder Mage #1) by Brian McClellan”People snorting gunpowder, who can then shoot a musket over a mile and hit them right between the eyes? C’mon. Nothing short of badass.
War Song (A Dream of Dust and Steel Saga I) by Michael Michel
Publisher: Chainbreaker Books
Publication Date: August 8, 2025
Format: Paperback, 74 pages
Genre: Fantasy – Grimdark
POV Style: Single
Map Included: No – Not Needed
🚑 Fantasy Triage Score
Score: 4 — 🏥 Priority Treatment
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