Babylon Steel by Gaie Sebold
Overlord
When you’ve been reading within the fantasy genre for a while, you tend to familiarise yourself with the tropes and even find yourself looking for them as you read through…
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Tommy Nightmare by J. L. Bryan
Kit
And he did something that he later wouldn’t believe he had the courage to do. He kissed Esmeralda, the mysterious Latin girl with the supernatural power, right on the lips.…
Fantasy-Faction Podcast – Episode 3
Wow, incredibly over 6000 people have listened to Mr Wiseall and myself. Now that not only makes me exceedingly proud, but kind of scares the crap outta me – I’ll…
The Daemon’s Curse by Dan Abnett and Mike Lee
Paul Wiseall
The story of The Daemon’s Curse follows a vicious dark elf called Malus Darkblade as he and his merry band of evil slave traders and all-round no-gooders venture into the…
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft
Nyki Blatchley
We all know what to expect from a story by H. P. Lovecraft. It’ll be a tale of cosmic horror, in the which the Old Ones, such as Cthulhu and…
The Lily or the Tiger by Kiri Callaghan
God, I wanted to fall in love. Amidst the flurry of the romantic revolution–that’s when the rumors started. We heard about them at school: whispers of people reconnecting with their…
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
I remember that blackness. There were no walls, there was no up or down. I could have been living or dead. I listened to the other girls as they breathed…
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Mike Shackle
Some books just demand to be read. You come across them by accident; maybe you were browsing in a bookshop or a friend makes a recommendation or perhaps you stumble…
Fantasy Book Club – April 2012: Babylon Steel by Gaie Sebold
This month we will be trying a book that I’ve already read and confirm is just fantastic. It is a book that takes the genres of fantasy and science fiction,…
Jenny Pox by J. L. Bryan
“You’re murderers,” she told the stunned crowd. “You killed him. He was a miracle, and you killed him. Now you’ve just got me. And I’m a curse.” Is it even…
The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
Elloise Hopkins
In preparation for the release of the next book in the Rain Wild Chronicles this year, I decided to revisit the Cursed Shores and remind myself of the series so…
Fated by Benedict Jacka
I am always apprehensive at the thought of urban fantasy including magic. I love both UF as a sub-genre and I does bloody love me a good magic system, but…