The Outcast Blade (The Assassini book 2) by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (book review).
‘The Outcast Blade’ is the second ‘act’ of ‘The Assassini’, an alt-historic fantasy focusing on the political and romantic intrigues
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Salvage And Demolition by Tim Powers (book review).
‘Salvage And Demolition’, the latest novella from Tim Powers, is a classic. I don’t necessarily mean it’s an enduring work
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Eclipse Phase: Rimward: The Outer System (RPG review).
‘Rimward’ is a setting book for Eclipse Phase, the futuristic role-playing game (RPG) of transhuman conspiracy and horror, detailing the
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Star Trek: Catan board game (board game review)
‘Settlers of Catan’ is a celebrated board game in which you gather resources, trade with your opponents and build roads
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Artemis by Philip Palmer (book review).
What the hell am I supposed to make of ‘Artemis’? It’s a novel which appears to be all surface and
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Warlord (The Wolfblade Trilogy book three) by Jennifer Fallon (book review).
‘Warrior’, the second book in Jennifer Fallon’s ‘The Wolfblade Trilogy’, ended with the promise of an all-encompassing, hopelessly one-sided war.
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Warrior (The Wolfblade Trilogy book two) by Jennifer Fallon (book review).
Two things happen in ‘Warrior’. This isn’t hyperbole or writerly misdirection to hook you into reading more of this review:
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