(The Scalussen Chronicles Book II) Ah, well, here I am again with my words. I am sorry for leaving you lovely readers hanging for months on end with not a single word. I must admit that a great deal has happened to me during this long quiet time and I have found reading let alone …
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Review – The Forever King by Ben Galley (The Scalussen Chronicles Book 1) I know, I know, I’ve not lifted my head over the parapet for a while and my blog has been left untouched for far too long gathering drifts of dust and enough cobwebs to spin a ladder to the moon. Hold on …
Here's the Story: So I’ve just finished narrating this enormous high epic fantasy called The Shard by Ted Cross. A book I chose to narrate because I loved it. And what a book it is; so many characters with so many different accents, so many adventures with all the highs and lows of real life. …
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It is Boxing Day yet here I am writing a blog for you, my lovely readers, am I a hero? Or just rather sad. A short review and my narration of Michael R Fletcher's latest book: Smoke and Stone First for the blurb: After a cataclysmic war of the gods, the last of humanity huddles …
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence blew my mind. There, that's my review. Good enough? What? It's not wordy enough? Okay, I'll write some more. First the blurb: "It's not until you're broken that you find your sharpest edge. I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin. At the Convent of Sweet …
A story that drew me in, held me tighter the more pages I turned, and wouldn't let me go. "A world on the cusp of a new age... The young nation of Fatrasta is a turbulent place -- a frontier destination for criminals, fortune-hunters, brave settlers, and sorcerers seeking relics of the past. Only the …
Continue reading Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan – A Review
I read Nothing is Ever Simple in record time. It is a short book, but packs a powerful story. Corin Hayes, to whom I was introduced in Silent City, is his usual self-deprecating, morose, sharp-witted and witty self. In this story, which follows on nicely from the first but could also be a standalone book, …
FantasyCon 2017 This year was my first time attending FantasyCon – Folks: it was good. Held in Peterborough, the event was well run and, in my opinion, one of the better cons I’ve been to, so thanks to the organisers and their minions for that. It was blasted unfortunate that due to personal problems I …
Blackwing by Ed McDonald – A Review The republic faces annihilation, despite the vigilance of Galharrow's Blackwings. When a raven tattoo rips itself from his arm to deliver a desperate message, Galharrow and a mysterious noblewoman must investigate a long dead sorcerer's legacy. But there is a conspiracy within the citadel: traitors, flesh-eaters …
The Shadow of What was Lost by James Islington "As destiny calls, a journey begins... It has been twenty years since the godlike Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their own powers. As a …
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