Pillars of Sand: A Review

The Pillars of SandEchoes of EmpireBy Mark T. BarnesBUY IT Prophecy declared that corrupt politician Corajidin would rule the Shrīanese Federation, even become its new Emperor—and sinister magic has helped him defy death in order to do it. But his victory is not assured, thanks to clashing rival factions that hinder any attempts to unify […]

Prince of Fools: A Review

Prince of FoolsRed War Book 1By Mark LawrenceBUY IT The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire fear her as they fear no other. Her grandson Jalan Kendeth is a coward, a cheat and a womaniser; and tenth in line to the throne. While his grandmother shapes the destiny of millions, […]

Shards of Time: A Review

Shards of TimeNightrunner Book 7By Lynn Flewelling The governor of the sacred island of Korous and his mistress have been killed inside a locked and guarded room. The sole witnesses to the crime-guards who broke down the doors, hearing the screams from within-have gone mad with terror, babbling about ghosts . . . and things […]

The Boy with the Porcelain Blade: A Review

The Boy with the Porcelain BladeErebus Sequence Book 1By Den Patrick An original and beautifully imagined world, populated by unforgettable characters. Lucien de Fontein has grown up different. One of the mysterious and misshapen Orfano who appear around the Kingdom of Landfall, he is a talented fighter yet constantly lonely, tormented by his deformity, and […]

The Lascar’s Dagger: A Review

The Lascar’s DaggerThe Forsaken Lands Book 1By Glenda Larke FAITH WILL NOT SAVE HIM. Saker looks like a simple priest, but in truth he’s a spy for the head of his faith. It’s a dangerous job, and more lives than merely his own depend on his secrecy. When Saker is wounded by a Lascar sailor’s […]

Skin Game – a cover

Skin GameDresden Files #15By Jim Butcher Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day….Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful. He doesn’t know the half of it…. Mab has […]

Traitor’s Blade – a review

Traitor’s BladeGreatcloaks Book 1By Sebastien De Castell Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King’s […]

Half A King – cover

I’m a little late with this one but can I just say – I am  loving this cover! Not sure if this is for the US or the UK, or both, but regardless this is the one I want on my bookshelf. Covers like this make me try and imagine what the cover for my […]

Mark T. Barnes answers Ten Terrifying Questions!

1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled?  I was born, raised and schooled in Sydney, Australia. Nothing terribly exciting, or controversial. I’m the eldest of five children, raised in a loving and supportive environment, so there’s not a lot of baggage […]

Dreamwalker – a review

DreamwalkerBy C.S. Friedman All her life Jessica Drake has dreamed of other worlds, some of them similar to her own, others disturbingly alien. She never shares the details with anyone, save her younger brother Tommy, a compulsive gamer who incorporates some aspects of Jessica’s dreams into his games. But now someone is asking about those […]