The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu
JC Kang
Cradle meets Game of Thrones (if GRRM wrote it in a lighthearted tone). I have read hundreds of epic fantasy and Asian-inspired fantasy books; and up to now, nothing has…
Del Rey
Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin by Marieke Nijkamp
Kellie Doherty
One fun and fascinating thing about being a fantasy geek is how the worlds we love can expand onto multiple platforms and into numerous avenues. Do you like World of…
Infernal by Mark de Jager
Richard Marpole
A man called Stratus wakes up paralysed in the middle of nowhere. He has no memory of how he got there or of anything else, except his first name. Vultures…
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden – Spoiler Free Review
Pippa
This is the third and final book in The Winternight Trilogy. It resumes directly after the events of the second book, The Girl in the Tower. As with the previous…
Black Man (a.k.a. Thirteen) by Richard Morgan
Toby Frost
Carl Marsalis is a Variant Thirteen, a genetically-engineered throwback to a strain of human that died out thousands of years ago. He is a tough, aggressive loner, instinctively cunning and…
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Eric Christensen
Spinning Silver is Naomi Novik’s second book that retells and elevates classic folklore and fairy tale elements, spinning and weaving them into something deeper, richer, and original. Spinning Silver isn’t…
Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
R. S. McCoy
People acquire books in all kinds of ways. Book boxes mail out a semi-random selection. Friends and relatives gift books we may or may not really enjoy. In this case,…
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Napoleonic Wars? Check. Age of Sail naval culture? Check. Hints of Asian civilizations? Check. Dragons? Check. The only thing that could make me want to read His Majesty’s Dragon more…
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Richard Bray
Katherine Arden’s debut novel, The Bear and the Nightingale, was as charming and magical a debut novel as you could hope to find in 2016. Drawing comparisons to Neil Gaiman,…
Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb’s genius isn’t flashy. The world she has created is fully articulated, complete with complex characters and histories, detailed magical systems, and fully realized political intricacies, yet she rarely…
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Charlie Hopkins
Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for book one. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish Sleeping Giant. Waking Gods is the sequel to Sleeping Giants, which…
Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Zachary A. Matzo
Timothy Zahn’s first foray into the New Star Wars EU sees him return to his most beloved character, the enigmatic and sorely missed Grand Admiral Thrawn. In a pseudo-origin story…