Magician by Raymond E. Feist
Alister Davison
This one takes me way back. It’s quarter of a century since my teenage self first picked up this book, and it mesmerised me. Even now, I can still remember…
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The Merrily Watkins Series by Phil Rickman
Ashley Barnard
Rather than review the books individually from this fantastic series, I thought instead I would review the series as a whole. It’s easy to do, considering I would give each…
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber
Nyki Blatchley
It’s generally accepted that, though there were precursors, the sword and sorcery genre was created in the 1920s and 1930s by Robert E. Howard, with his stories of Conan and…
Windhaven by George R.R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
Dominic Stevens
In recent months I have read The Windsingers by Megan Lindholm (an omnibus edition which collected together the first three novels – Harpy’s Flight, The Windsingers and Limbreth Gate –…
Fantasy-Faction Podcast – Episode 2
Overlord
Firstly, a HUGE thank you to everyone (over 2250 of you!) who downloaded the first episode of the Podcast. Paul and I are very, very new to this Podcasting malarkey…
Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay
Sandra Norval
I’ve been writing articles for Fantasy-Faction for a while now and been honing my writerly skills for longer than that. When I was asked if I’d like to review a…
The Way of Kings – Part One by Brandon Sanderson
Ben Galley
We’ve all heard of Sanderson. We’ve all encountered his books, whether in a curious flip-through or in a one-weekend devouring of the Mistborn series. We’re fully aware of his staggering…
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Hannah
With a mere touch of your skin Miriam Black can tell when and how you will die. She’s seen old age take its toll, car crashes and heart attacks. Watching…
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Mike Shackle
Throne of the Crescent Moon is a refreshingly different book in so many ways. For a start, its setting is a mythical Arabia rather than a version of medieval Europe.…
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Elloise Hopkins
I first heard about this book when I got my hands on a graphic novel sampler of it at FantasyCon and then afterwards I kept hearing good things about it…
Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod
Paolo Chikiamco
There’s something fascinating about Kung Fu. Wuxia is an ancient genre of Chinese literature, centered around martial arts in general and Kung Fu in particular. It has been so co-opted…
The End Specialist by Drew Magary
When I saw the cover of this book – a simple yet striking image of a grim reaper impaled seemingly by his own scythe – I was instantly drawn in.…