A Darker Shade of Magic – TV Series!?
Overlord
Some exciting news landed on our desks today: V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade Of Magic, which we named as one of our best books of 2015, has been picked up…
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Alister Davison
Inspired by the post about graphic novels and fantasy from a few weeks ago, I thought it would be good to revisit the beginnings of a series I started reading…
Emma Newman’s Split Worlds – New Cover Designs
Jennie Ivins
We are big fans of Emma Newman here on Fantasy-Faction. Back in the olden times of 2013 we were lucky enough to host a short story from her Split Worlds…
Fantasy Titles On Our Radar: February 2016 Edition
Welcome to the second edition of ‘On Our Radar’, your guide to Fantasy titles being release in the month ahead. Looking at the quality of titles this month, doesn’t it…
Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
Sonia Grace
Radiance pulled me into itself like the waves on a strange, Venusian beach. I went in with high expectations, since Cat Valente is a fabulous author whose work I have…
The Top 15 Tweets & Top 7 Blog Posts from Robert Jackson Bennett
Top 15 Tweets The Twitter-feed of Robert Jackson Bennett is a wondrous, but dangerous place to spend time. If you follow Robert in addition to another 1000 or so people,…
Cover Reveal: Joe Abercrombie’s ‘Half A War’
When Joe Abercrombie announced that he would be working on a ‘Young Adult’ series of novels a few years back, no one really knew what to expect. Would the books…
The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan
Richard Bray
Hadrian had never witnessed Royce laughing in good humor. When he laughed, babies cried. I was reading Michael J. Sullivan’s latest Riyria novel, The Death of Dulgath, when I realized…
MIGHT EVIL PREVAIL? FANTASIES THAT THREATEN AN UNHAPPY ENDING
Nicola Alter
In fantasy novels, the ‘good’ characters are usually facing overwhelmingly bad odds. Whether it’s a dark lord, a corrupt monarchy, a horde of living dead or an army of supernatural…
Cover for Lucy Hounsom’s Heartland
Fantasy-Faction contributor Lucy Hounsom’s debut novel, Starborn, attracted a huge amount of praise last year upon its release. Fans of coming-of-age stories by authors such as Trudi Canavan took to…
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff – Cover Reveal
Wayyyyyyyyyyy back in 2012 I was lucky enough to be sent an advanced copy of a strange fantasy/martial arts/steampunk-hybrid called Stormdancer. I enjoyed that book and gave it a favourable…
Frances Hardinge wins Costa Award
For the first time since Phillip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass in 2001, a Children’s book has won The Costa Book Award. That book is The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge…