Where Loyalties Lie by Rob J. Hayes – SPFBO Review
Geoff Matthews
For some reason, the archetypal pirate accent from Hollywood movies always comes out of my mouth (and pen) as a farmer from deepest Wiltshire or Somerset… it doesn’t have quite…
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The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French – SPFBO Review
Laura M. Hughes
Mr. French, the pacing of your novel is truly brilliant. Starting with a *bang* and then racing from conflicts and schemes to plot twists and battles, Bastards is what one…
Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
Richard Bray
Half the World continues the story of Yarvi, now the “deeply cunning” minister of Gettland, but rather than continuing Yarvi’s story through his own eyes, as Abercrombie did in Half…
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
What Half a King does is remind us that it’s not the violence or occasional profanity that has made Abercrombie such a tour de force – it’s his perceptive ability…