Harper Voyager’s 20th Anniversary Documentary
Overlord
Harper Voyager is one of the UK’s finest publishers. Need proof to support that statement? Well, look no further than the master works of Mark Lawrence, Robin Hobb, George R.R.…
Sinking Into The World
Aaron Miles
In the fantasy genre, many writers love to indulge in worldbuilding, they may have produced stacks of files, papers and (of course) maps before they’ve written the first chapter. While…
Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb
Lew Kelly
This is a spoiler-free review of Fool’s Quest. However there are spoilers for all prior Realm of the Elderling books. What a privilege it is to review Robin Hobb’s sixteenth…
The Rise of Unlimited
Geoff Matthews
It was the music industry first, wasn’t it? Napster (I had to drag that name from the deep recesses of my mind), Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and all the others that…
Star Wars: Aftermath – A Discussion
Zachary A. Matzo
Star Wars: Aftermath is a good book. You should read it. Let’s get that out of the way right now, because in the days since it was released, Aftermath has…
The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker
James Davies
So this is it, the climax of R. Scott Bakker’s The Prince of Nothing, with (the impossible to pronounce) The Thousandfold Thought. What we witness in this final volume is…
Top Ten Fictional Pirates
Victoria Hooper
Avast, matey! Talk Like a Pirate Day be coming up, so pull up a barrel and help yerself to some grog as I be running through a list of my…
Two Characters Walk into a Bar…
Nicole Singer
What is it about bars, pubs and taverns that makes them so darn fun to read about in fantasy? I don’t know about you, but I get a gleeful little…
The Sequel Philip K. Dick Couldn’t Write
Peter Tieryas
We are excited to hand you guys over to Peter Tieryas who has kindly agreed to stop by Fantasy-Faction and tell us a bit about the inspiration for and motivation…
Armageddon Bound by Tim Marquitz
If you happen to be Lucifer’s nephew you should expect life to be a little bit tough. Luckily for the ‘hero’ he does not have the horns (though a horn…
Free Prequel to ‘The Cathedral of Known Things’ from Edward Cox
We here at Fantasy-Faction were big fans of Edward Cox’s début novel, The Relic Guild. It was a fantasticly written book featuring multiple kinds of magic by an author who…
Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
The Canon of Star Wars is in a state of confusion right now and long-time fans of the franchise are, rightly, angry. Since 1978, people all around the world have…