ReviewFantasy
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (book review).
Geralt of Rivia is a witcher, who are acquired (stolen?) as children and subject to a form of mutation. They are fed toxins…
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April 2013
February 2013
ReviewFantasy
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 of fifteenth-century Venice;…
January 2013
ReviewFantasy
The Minority Council by Kate Griffin (book review).
How well do you know the city you live in? Most of us have a good idea what our neighbourhood looks like and…
ReviewHorror
The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin (book review).
For too many readers these days, the term ‘Urban Fantasy’ conjures up visions of vampires rampaging around the dark streets of a city.…
ReviewFantasy
Hands Of Isis by Jo Graham (book review).
Charmian and Iras are half-sisters and handmaidens to Cleopatra, one of the most powerful women in the ancient world. Through Charmian’s eyes, we…
ReviewScifi
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod (book review).
In the early history of SF, authors used the medium with various intentions. Many books could be regarded as wish fulfilment but SF…
December 2012
ReviewHorror
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate: Book One) by Gail Carriger (book review).
‘Soulless’ is the first book in the ‘Alexia Tarabotti/Parasol Protectorate’ series of books, which currently stands at five books. Gail Carriger is also…
November 2012
ReviewBooks
Taken (Alex Verus book 3) by Benedict Jacka (book review).
Apprentice mages have been going missing and when the Council can’t find them, Alex Verus is called in to help. Almost immediately, he…
October 2012
ReviewBooks
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. ‘Warlord’ makes good…
September 2012
ReviewBooks
Seven Princes by John R. Fultz (Books Of The Shapen: Volume 1) (review).
This book, ‘Seven Princes’, strikes me as a bit of a conundrum. It has all the tropes of a modern, hard edge fantasy…