Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free by Randy Henderson
Trent Cannon
The phrase “never judge a book by its cover” is one we should all live by, especially those of us who read fantasy in the 90s, when all covers required…
December 2016
Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
The second book in Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series, Deep Wizardry, is just as good as the first, I’m happy to say. Nita and Kit, the young wizards who thwarted…
Does Patrick Rothfuss Hate His Fans?
Overlord
Not too long ago, Patrick Rothfuss wrote this: Just when I was growing fairly certain my readers were clever people who actually have the ability to read and comprehend text,…
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Richard Bray
As a fantasy reader who makes his living in marketing and communications, I am perhaps more jaded than most when it comes to books that are compared to some of…
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
Jonathan Thornton
“History is the long shadow cast by the past upon the future.” “Killing the emperor was easy. Building a world that is more just and persuading those in power to…
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence – US Cover Reveal
Jennie Ivins
When Fantasy-Faction started out it was just a tiny review site with a forum full of readers and writers with too much free time on their hands. One of the…
Fionn: Defence of Ráth Bládhma by Brian O’Sullivan – SPFBO Review
Laura M. Hughes
Fionn: Defence of Ráth Bládhma is one of ten novels in the final round of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) 2016. Updates on the contest’s progress can be found…
Fantasy-Faction Convention Survey
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John Gwynne Interview – Wrath and The Faithful and the Fallen
Here at Fantasy-Faction we’re delighted to host John Gwynne, author of the epic fantasy quartet The Faithful and the Fallen. John’s books have been nominated within all three categories at…