Fantasy Titles On Our Radar: January 2016 Edition
Overlord
From January 2016 we will be running a monthly feature called ‘On Our Radar‘. The aim of this post will be to show you the Fantasy titles that we are…
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Most Anticipated Fantasy Novels of 2016: Publishers’ Choice
Can you believe it… It’s 2016 already! And you know what that means, right? It’s time for another one of Fantasy-Faction’s most popular posts of the year: “Most Anticipated Fantasy…
Peter V. Brett confirms more books
I recommend you only read this post if you have finished The Skull Throne. There will also be a review of the first chapter of Peter V. Brett’s The Core.…
‘The Winds of Winter’ months away from being finished… if the writing goes well.
Yesterday fans were disappointed when George R.R. Martin’s promised New Year’s post was lost. Martin used his Live Journal site to explain that the post – which many thought would…
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2015
It’s getting harder and harder to be a well-read and up-to-date reviewer in fantasy these days. It’s also getting incredibly difficult to order the best of the year lists. I…
The War of the Worlds – Sequel Signed!
Gollancz have announced that they are set to publish The Massacre of Mankind in 2017, an ‘official’ sequel to The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. The book will…
Women Dominate Graphic Novels in 2015
Looking at the Goodreads Choice Awards for 2015, of the top 8 Graphic Novels, 7 of them have women on their covers. It’s also worth noting that Attack on Titan,…
Joe Abercrombie update and Sharp Ends cover reveal
Fantasy-Faction is a huge fan of Joe Abercrombie. He has spent a great deal of time at the top of our ‘Most Anticipated’ and ‘Best Novel’ lists over the years…
Game of Thrones Season 6 Teaser… Is Jon Snow Dead? If not… how not?
This post contains spoilers for the show and book. I didn’t disguise the title as the subject has trended on the news, Facebook and Twitter… I don’t think there are…
Fantasy-Faction Turns Five!
Jennie Ivins
Fantasy-Faction began as Marc Aplin’s way to geek out about the fantasy books he’d discovered way back in 2010. His first adventure into the world of fantasy was The Way…
Snakewood Cover Reveal, Map & Extract!
Publishing giants Orbit have been in touch to tell us about a book they think we should be excited about. It’s called Snakewood, it’s by Adrian Selby and it’s a…
Gail Z Martin’s ‘The Shadowed Path’ Cover Reveal
The vast majority of Fantasy-Faction readers will know of Gail Z Martin. I first came across her The Chronicles of The Necromancer series back in 2008/2009 and was quickly gripped…