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…
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…