The Relic Guild by Edward Cox
Lucy Hounsom
There are many things to love about The Relic Guild. First and foremost, it neatly delivers the reader into a unique world – rare in the saturated fantasy genre –…
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Truth and Fear by Peter Higgins
John Cowell
Truth and Fear, book two of Peter Higgins’s Wolfhound Century Trilogy is not one you can just jump into. It is vast, rich, complex, and without the context of events…
Brent Weeks Interview
Overlord
Running a fantasy blog, I’m often asked who my favourite authors are. Upon giving my answers, people are often surprised that the likes of Robert Jordan, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R.…
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
Richard Bray
Half a King isn’t the book that proves Joe Abercrombie’s skill. Those credentials were long established with the First Law trilogy, which turned our expectations on their heads and introduced…
The 100 – TV Series Review
Kit
I feel that I should start this review by stating that I have never been a super huge fan of sci-fi, in either print or visual media forms. It wasn’t…
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Review
Juan de Dios Dougnac
“We are nothing but dwarfs, standing on the shoulders of giants”, Bernard of Chartres allegedly said, and I’d be hard pressed to find a bigger truth. Whether in fantasy literature,…
Black Feathers & The Book of the Crowman by Joseph D’Lacey
Matt Maenpaa
Our world is collapsing, the planet choked with pollution and strangled by economic hardship. A government agency with dubious intent, known as the Ward, is collecting political dissenters and rebels,…
So What’s The Fuss About Scrivener?
Adrian Faulkner
If you’re a writer, whether you are unpublished or a bestseller, it’s likely that you’ve heard of the writing software called Scrivener. It’s possible that you’ve heard some of your…
The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Sonia Grace
This review contains spoilers for the previous books. Read with caution if you have yet to finish The Long Earth and The Long War. The Long Mars is a worthy…
Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson
Jo Niederhoff
Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson, takes place in Boston ten years before the start of the American Revolution, after the Stamp Act but before the colonists’ opinion turned against the…
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Claire Lines
Quentin Coldwater is a genius. His GPA is a higher number than most people know a GPA can be, his prospects for college entry are just about limitless, and he’s…
The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter by Rod Duncan
Alister Davison
The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter is a detective story with a difference, the biggest being that the detective himself, one Mr Barnabus, is not all he seems. So much so, that his…