Republic of Thieves Update
For those of you who are waiting – like me – for the next installment is Lynch’s awesome series. It’s getting closer but looks like we’re going to have a little wait still. From Lynch Industries: Q: What the hell is going on with The Republic of Thieves?A: My current necessary edit to TRoT has […]
Seven Princes: A Review
Seven PrincesBooks of the Sharpers #1By John R. FultzBUY IT The magnificent story of an age of legends – where the children of giants do battle with ancient sorcerers, and no less is at stake than the fate of the world. An ancient necromancer slaughters the king and his court in front of the unbelieving […]
In Other News
My first blog post has gone up over on Booktopia’s blog here. It’s just the start. I have a lot more books and author’s to talk about yet – the genre push is on! I’ll be doing reviews and interviews – I’ve got one happening already. And f I can’t get them all up there, then […]
The Wild Road
The Wild RoadKaravans #3By Jennifer RobersonBUY IT Alisanos, the deepwood, is more than just a forest… …it is sentient, and predatory. Home to demons and worse, its mercurial boundaries can suddenly shift miles in any direction to encompass previously safe human lands – and those taken by the deepwood are forever changed. Audrun, a human […]
Cover Art: Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
Kingmaker, KingbreakerOmnibusBy Karen MillerBUY IT Being a fisherman like his father isn’t a bad life, but it’s not the one that Asher wants. Despite his humble roots, Asher has grand dreams. And they call him to Dorana, home of princes, beggars, and the warrior mages who have protected the kingdom for generations. Little does Asher […]
The Wheel of Time is now Completed
Brandon Sanderson has posted on his blog here that he’s finished the final draft of A Memory of Light and handed it over to ‘Team Jordan’ to do copy edit and proof reading. “And then, today, I did not have a Wheel of Time book to work on.“ In January the book will be released […]
Cover Art: Knife-Sworn
Knife-SwornTower and Knife #2By Mazarkis Williams After years locked in a tower, Prince Sarmin has come into his own. He has been crowned emperor; he has wed Mesema of the horse tribes; the Pattern-Master is dead. Everything should be happy-ever-after. But war has begun, Sarmin has no royal assassin, and both his wife and mother […]
Judging a Book By It’s Cover
– and the blurb on the back. OR the fact that it doesn’t mention dragons or wizards or swords… Sometimes (and only sometimes) my focus on epic fantasy means I miss out on something that could be extraordinary. I was given Cloud Atlas as a gift a number of years ago – and we sold it at […]
Author Accessibility
Jason over at Fantasy Literature has written a post about the digital age bringing greater accessibility to the men and women behind the pens of our favorite books. He asks: Do you miss the days when the back cover bio was all you really knew about your favorite authors? Does the political and diary ramblings of […]
T’En
BesiegedOutcast Chronicles #1By Rowena Cory DaniellsBUY IT Sorne, the estranged son of a King on the verge of madness, is being raised as a weapon to wield against the mystical Wyrds. Half a continent away, his father is planning to lay siege to the Celestial City, the home of the T En, whose wyrd blood […]
