Review: The Darkness That Comes Before
The July will see the long awaited release of (the US hardback) The Great Ordeal, book three of The Aspect Emperor (the local/UK edition to following September) and I am beside myself with anticipation. So much so that I urge any of you who have not embarked on this brilliant series to have a look […]
Review: The Daughter of Blood
Daughter of BloodThe Wall of Night Book ThreeBy Helen Lowe A failing wall, a broken shield . . . and an enemy that will exploit every weakness Malian and Kalan are coming home, but already it may be too late. The Wall of Night, dangerously weakened by civil war among the Derai families that garrison […]
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
Stripped of his identity at the death of his father, the king of Akielos, Prince Damianos is consigned to slavery by his half-brother who has usurped the throne. ‘Gifted’ as a pleasure slave to Prince Laurent of Vere, deadly enemy of the kingdom of Akielos the renamed ‘Damen’ must submit to his new position while […]
The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett
I cannot adequately express how desperately I have been waiting for this book. The Skull Throne is the fourth volume of the series, The Demon Cycle, by Peter V. Brett, one of my favourite authors. If you have not yet read the preceding three books, go and order book one, The Painted Man, now. Brett […]
Remembering Sara Douglass
I can recall picking up Battleaxe on the day of its release. Having always been an avid reader I visit the local bookshop every lunch time with an eye for something new. And back then there was not nearly as much to choose from as there is today. References on the cover comparing to Robert […]
The Dagger’s Path by Glenda Larke
The Dagger’s PathThe Forsaken Lands Book 2By Glenda Larke The second book in a new epic fantasy trilogy from Glenda Larke, author of the Stormlord series – full of scheming, spying, action and adventure THEY FOLLOW WHERE THE DAGGER LEADS Ardhi, Sorrel and the excommunicated cleric, Saker Rampion, stow away on a ship to the […]
The World of Ice & Fire – Not Really a Review
THE WORLD OF ICE & FIREBy George R.R. Martin, Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork-the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time-warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice and Fire. This lavishly illustrated volume […]
Clariel – A Review
ClarielAn Old Kingdom NovelBy Garth Nix Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? An epic fantasy adventure, set six hundred years before Sabriel and as rich and compelling as the original Old Kingdom novels. Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood […]
The Abyss Beyond Dreams – A Review
The Abyss Beyond Dreams Chronicle of the Fallers, Book One By Peter F. Hamilton When images of a lost civilisation are ‘dreamed’ by a self-proclaimed prophet of the age, Nigel Sheldon, inventor of wormhole technology and creator of the Commonwealth society is suspicious. Especially as the dreams seem to be coming from the Void – […]
Could you survive the end of your world?
EXTINCTION GAMEBy Gary Gibson Jerry Beche should be dead. Instead, he’s rescued from a desolate Earth where he was the last man alive. He’s then trained for the toughest conditions imaginable and placed with a crack team of specialists. Every one of them is a survivor, as each withstood the violent ending of their own […]
