Smiler’s Fair by Rebecca Levene
Lucy Hounsom
With Smiler’s Fair, Levene has done something very clever. No one can deny this is fantasy on an epic scale: we have five protagonists, each with a distinct voice, a…
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The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
Steff Humm
Society doesn’t look kindly on women who want to expand the world’s knowledge of dragons through scientific study, scandalous affiliations and hazardous adventures across the globe but, as we well…
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Joie
Anne Bishop is really a remarkable writer. She can spin a tale that draws you into the heart of the story right at the get-go. Vision in Silver is the…
Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells and Howard Taylor
Victoria Hooper
Shadows Beneath is both an anthology of short stories and a glimpse into the writing process, created by the Writing Excuses podcast team: Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells…
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Richard Bray
In the introduction to Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Neil Gaiman tells us quite plainly that writers live in houses other people built. In this collection of short stories,…
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
James Davies
In The Drawing of the Three, his second step along the journey towards the Dark Tower, King creates another mind-boggling, wonderful, weird, fascinating, adventure akin to the original but with…
Lamentation by Ken Scholes
Travis Anderson
The world is built on tragedy. Every piece of civilization, from small village to sprawling city, is altered by the events that cause pain and suffering to its people. While…
The New World by Michael A. Stackpole
War can be a tricky set-up for the final book in a trilogy. The fights in the first two books that have been leading up to the climactic battle need…
Game of Souls by Terry C. Simpson
Geoff Matthews
Keedar is a dreg, a peasant, a motherless rogue, a boy. All around him, the people of the Smear struggle in abject poverty. Above it all, the nobles play a…
Cover for ‘The Thorn of Emberlain’ by Scott Lynch revealed
Overlord
With the release of The Rebublic of Thieves in 2013, Scott Lynch and Gollancz assured us that we wouldn’t have any further 6 year waits between Gentleman Bastard novels. Initially…
This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Nicole Singer
Last year, I unexpectedly fell in love with the YA space opera THESE BROKEN STARS, so I was excited to see where Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner took the story…
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Eric Christensen
RANGE OF GHOSTS nails a lot of fantasy fundamentals: the world building is stellar, the characters are strong and layered, the prose is both precise and poetic, and the plot…