Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
Nicholas Schmiedicker
The Powder Mage Trilogy begins with Promise of Blood, a fantastic and engaging book from debut author Brian McClellan. Powerful sorcerers, trained Marksmen with magical abilities, and long forgotten gods…
epic fantasy
To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
Alister Davison
To Green Angel Tower is literally a book of two halves. Following a hardback heavier than a house brick, the publishers made the decision to release the paperback version as…
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Xiagan
The Wheel of Time, started over 22 years ago, is finally finished. And its last book holds everything that was promised. Even if you’ve only been following what’s happening in…
Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
After being overwhelmingly impressed with The Dragonbone Chair, I was a little reluctant to pick up its sequel, Stone of Farewell. Sequels can often fall into the trap of the…
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
I picked up The Dragonbone Chair at a second-hand bookshop a few weeks ago, twenty years or so after I first journeyed to the land of Osten Ard. I recalled…
The Way of Kings – Part One by Brandon Sanderson
Ben Galley
We’ve all heard of Sanderson. We’ve all encountered his books, whether in a curious flip-through or in a one-weekend devouring of the Mistborn series. We’re fully aware of his staggering…
The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
Jesse Flohrs
Hello again, Faction readers! First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who read my first article on Peter V. Brett. I really appreciated all the comments,…
A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Matt Maenpaa
It would be fair to say that A Dance With Dragons has been highly-anticipated. One of those unfortunate hazards of such an epic series, combined with a lengthy period between…
Ravenmarked by Amy Rose Davis
Jennie Ivins
When Braedan, the heir regent of the kingdom of Taura, decides to declare himself king after his father’s death, he finds more than just a few upset nobles standing in…
The Way of Kings – Part One by Brandon Sanderson
Overlord
In the UK, The Way of Kings has now been split into two halves. The first book focuses on the ‘build up’ of the novel. I think they got the…
Subgenre Bingo – Epic Fantasy
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Welcome back to my series of bingo/identification cards for random amusement and ease of subgenre identification. All previous disclaimers about this not being a definitive list, and that opinions may…
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
I consider myself a fantasy fan and as a fantasy fan I perhaps waited a bit longer than I should have to read A Game of Thrones. But here’s the…
