Trial By Fire by Josephine Angelini
Joie
After a fair debut from this author with her Starcrossed trilogy, this new beginning of another left a bit to be desired. What compelled me to pick it up was…
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Malazan Book of the Fallen – Redux
Karl Wolfenden
So, over a period of close to a year, I’ve waxed lyrical about Erikson’s epic series Malazan Book of the Fallen but, with today’s demands on our time, the question…
Vowed by Liz de Jager
Lucy Hounsom
Vowed is the second book in The Blackhart Legacy and reunites us with kick-ass hero Kit Blackhart. I was impressed by Kit the first time around and I’m pleased to…
Revisiting Thieves’ World Anthologies – Part Two
Raymond K. Rugg
Welcome back to our stroll down memory lane in the city of Sanctuary. We’re revisiting the Thieves’ World series, the twelve anthologies that resulted from an idea by Robert Asprin…
The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
Nick Clark
Long before ‘cli-fi’ was a thing, long before the issue of climate change had really impacted on popular consciousness, there was J G Ballard’s The Drowned World. Ballard’s 1962 debut…
Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White
Sonia Grace
Illusions of Fate pleasantly surprised me with its depth. The blurb on the back suggests merely another “girl goes to court, girl feels like an outcast, girl meets boy, TRUE…
The Good Shabti by Robert Sharp
Alister Davison
The Good Shabti is a story that spans thousands of years. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Mentuhotep is on his deathbed; in the present, a team of scientists are setting out…
So What’s The Fuss About Scapple?
Adrian Faulkner
If you have been writing for any length of time it is inevitable that you have come across those writers who treat the act of writing as if it is…
A Plunder of Souls by D. B. Jackson
Jo Niederhoff
A Plunder of Souls, the third book in the Thieftaker series, takes place shortly after Thieves’ Quarry. It is July of 1679, British troops still occupy Boston, and there is…
The One Tree by Stephen Donaldson
John Cowell
Any of you read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant? Fantasy royalty? Seminal work? They are an unusual series of books. In a good way. A saga, really, nearly forty years…
The Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb (Spoiler Free Review)
Lew Kelly
Spoilers follow for Hobb’s first, second and third trilogies. No spoilers for the Rain Wilds Chronicles. After the impressive Tawny Man trilogy, Robin Hobb once again switches the action back…
The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley: ARC Review
Charlie Hopkins
The first book of the ‘Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne’ trilogy was one of the reasons I started reviewing books. It resonated with me in a such big way and…