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Self-Published Fantasy Redux: Riyria. Revelation.
My favorite fantasy books of 2015 have been self-published. For a guy that wrote “Self-Published Fantasy and Me” for this very website, that is quite an admission. And while I don’t for one moment regret that previous article, I do admit to one colossal miscalculation. I should have read Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations years […]
Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan


Since I really enjoyed Theft of Swords, and my habit is to keep reading something until it ceases to be entertaining, I picked up Rise of Empire. As before, the story focuses on Royce and Hadrian, two former thieves, currently working for the king of Melengar. Unfortunately, for them the newly formed Empire, which the […]
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan


It should be noted that some of the first fantasy stories I ever read fell quite solidly into the sword and sorcery sub-genre. I remember liking them and then starting to move towards other things. Anyway, it’s been a while since I found a sword and sorcery story I truly enjoyed reading and Theft of […]
The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan


Hello again, Faction readers! First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who read my first article on Peter V. Brett. I really appreciated all the comments, especially those that disagreed with my take on his works! I enjoy hearing different opinions and it shows how differently we all can interpret the […]