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…
Kushiel’s DartKushiel’s Legacy #1By Jacqueline CareyBUY IT A massive fantasy tale about the violent death of an old age and the birth of a new one. Here is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phedre no Delaunay is sold into indentured…
A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar 2013Buy it here: UK US Sadly I don’t have a Wall Calendar for this year – I wasn’t much of a fan of the 2012 portrait calendar. This one however looks quite good. I’ll be ordering my copy now.
Whispers Under GroundRivers of London #3By Ben AaronovitchBUY IT A WHOLE NEW REASON TO MIND THE GAP It begins with a dead body at the far end of Baker Street tube station, all that remains of American exchange student James Gallagher – and the victim’s wealthy, politically powerful family is understandably eager to get to…
Winter Be My ShieldChildren of the Black Sun #1By Jo SpurrierBUY IT Sierra has a despised and forbidden gift — she raises power from the suffering of others. Enslaved by the King’s Torturer, Sierra escapes, barely keeping ahead of Rasten, the man sent to hunt her down. Then she falls in with dangerous company: the fugitive…