The Company by K. J. Parker
When freshly retired General Kunessin returns home, he has a plan to reunite the four surviving members of his old team and start a better life with them on an…
When freshly retired General Kunessin returns home, he has a plan to reunite the four surviving members of his old team and start a better life with them on an…
Fantasy fans and the undead have a bit more in common than we feel comfortable admitting, but I’m going to admit it, if only for what the masses of the…
I recently found myself driving up to Cheltenham (UK) armed with enough spirits to make a brick wall wobble. The party hosts were a wonderful and newly engaged couple whom…
We have teamed up with the publishers of the absolutely fantastic The Zombie Autopsies who are providing 5 copies of the book as prizes to readers of Fantasy-Faction! This secret…
I’ve spent several weeks talking about heroes, antiheroes, and villains, and how to define them, so I think it’s time to apply the knowledge a little. But first, I want…
After epic fantasy and sword and sorcery (widely considered the staples of the fantasy genre), it is now time to breeze on over to something a little more modern. There…
Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers if you haven’t yet read the first book. If there is nothing else to say about Suzanne Collins, one could say that the woman…
My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I’m a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I…
Back at the beginning of 2009, I made a momentous decision. I began to take my writing seriously. I’d spent the Christmas period having a complete break from all the…
It you missed any of this series you can find them here: Part 1: http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/keeping-fantasy-fresh Part 2: http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/sands-of-time Part 3: http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/absense-makes-the-heart Part 4: http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/keeping-fantasy-fresh-a-time-for-heroes Part 5: http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/gold-in-them-hills Conclusion The title…
The first time I saw something by John, I knew it was something special. His eerily imaginative art on a deceptively simple medium was a thing of wonder. If you’ve…
There might be a subgenre of epic fantasy, but few readers would dispute that the Malazan novels are among the top even in this category. Not even considering merit, pure…