Trinity Rising: A Review
Trinity RisingThe Wild Hunt #2By Elspeth CooperBUY IT Gair’s battle has only just begun and yet his heart has already been lost. As he struggles with a crippling grief, still outwardly functional but inwardly torn into pieces, he sleepwalks into a situation that’s greater and more deadly than he or Alderan ever anticipated. A storm […]
The Iron Wyrm Affair – A Review
The Iron Wyrm AffairBannon & Clare #1By Lilith SaintcrowBUY IT For Queen, for country, for staying alive . . . The game is afoot! London’s geniuses are being picked off by a vicious killer, and Emma Bannon, a sorceress in the service of the Empire, must protect the next target, Archibald Clare. Unfortunately he’s more […]
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 […]
Kushiel’s Dart: A Review
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 […]
King of Thorns: A Book Review
King of ThornsBroken Empire Book 2By Mark LawrenceBUY IT The boy who would be King has gained the throne…Prince Honorious Jorg Ancrath vowed when he was nine to avenge his slaughtered mother and brother—and punish his father for not doing so. When he was fifteen, he began to fulfill that vow. Now he is eighteen—and […]
Fated: a Book Review
FatedAlex Verus Book 1By Benedict JackaBUY IT The first book in an exciting new urban fantasy series, this is a fast-paced tale that packs a punch and brings magic to London the way Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files bring magic to Chicago. Alex Verus is a diviner with a dark past. For many years he has […]
David Gemmell Legend Award Winners
A very belated congratulations to the 2012 winners of the David Gemmell Legend Awards: Ravenheart Award (best cover art): Raymond Swanland – Blood of Aenarion Morningstar Award (best debut): Helen Lowe – Heir of Night Legend Award (best novel): Patrick Rothfuss – The Wiseman’s Fear Patrick Rothfuss obviously needs no introduction but I am very […]
Review: Ghost Story
Ghost Story Dresden Files 13 By Jim Butcher BUY IT When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn’t doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin. But being dead doesn’t stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has nobody, and no magic to […]
Review: The Painted Man
I love this guys writing. Just love it. The Painted Man Demon War #01 By Peter V Brett Sometimes there is very good reason to be afraid of the dark… As dusk falls upon Arlan’s world, a strange mist rises from the ground, a mist carrying nightmares to the surface. A mist that promises a […]
Review: Prince of Thorns
I just finished reading the manuscript of a debut novel by Mark Lawrence. Prince of Thorns The Broken Empire Book One by Mark Lawrence UK US From Mark’s website: “Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days […]
