The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham – review
Publisher’s Description: All paths lead to war… Marcus’ hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody’s death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps. Cithrin is an orphan, ward of [...]
Wild Cards: Suicide Kings ed. by George R.R. Martin – review
Suicide Kings, as the third book of the Committee triad, follows the tradition established by Jokers Wild, the third book of the original Wild Cards triad. While the two preceding books were always composed of alternating chapters penned by the different contributing authors, Suicide Kings is a true mosaic novel in which all of the contributions are edited together into a single continuous story.
Wild Cards: Inside Straight ed. by George R.R. Martin – review
The core narrative of Inside Straight is maintained by Daniel Abraham through the perspective of his character Jonathan Hive: superpowered “ace,” blogger, amateur journalist, and reality TV show contestant. Yes, a reality TV show about superhumans trying to win a million dollars and win the title of “American Hero.” I know, it sounds like a horrible idea, but Martin, et al., really made it work.
Full review after the jump…
Jan-ken-pon – The word on Charlie Huston’s My Dead Body & Daniel Abraham’s The Price of Spring
Okay, these are some thoughts on two books I’ve recently finished, one released in July, the other coming out in October. One from Tor, the other from Del Rey, so both from houses with big yards, both from authors I’m familiar with (at least their work), and both continue & conclude previous adventures. These are brief thoughts on Charlie Huston’s My Dead Body, and The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham. You can check out my preliminary thoughts I expressed on each within my Now Reading posts (here and here). As an aside, I’m not saying they will always occur, or even that they will occur at all, but if you’re the type who avoid spoilers at all costs, you may just want to take a pass.
Check out the verdict after the jump…
Jan-Ken-Pon – Now Reading: The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham
I just finished Charlie Huston’s My Dead Boy (the subject of my last ‘Now Reading’–and I’ll have a brief review up in the future) and while there are some pretty cool galleys out right now for books being published a it later in the year, I wanted to first close out Abraham’s Long Price Quartet.
More after the jump…
George R.R. Martin’s Wildcards#5 Preview
We just got a 5 page preview of the forthcoming issue (#5) of Wildcards. These are new WildCards based on the George R.R. Martin edited stories that span several anthologies.
Check out the preview after the jump . . .
Book Review – An Autumn War
Author: Daniel Abraham Cover Artist: Stephan Martiniere Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: July 2008 In my review of Betrayal in Winter I said I wouldn’t wait as long picking up the next book in Abraham’s Long Price Quartet as last time. Of course a number of other, very good books objected so I am [...]
Book Review – A Betrayal in Winter
Author: Daniel Abraham Cover Artist: Stephan Martiniere Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: August 2007 A while ago I read Daniel Abraham’s début novel A Shadow in Summer and I was very impressed. Of course I immediately got the second book in the Long Price quartet, A Betrayal in Winter*, after which it was swallowed [...]
Book Review – A Shadow in Summer
Author: Daniel Abraham Cover Artist: Stephan Martiniere Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: March 2006 Daniel Abraham is something of a rising star in speculative fiction. Since the publication of this novel, his début and the first of a series of four, he has co-authored a novel with George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, fell [...]
Exclusive – Unclean Spirits by M.L.N. Hanover
Okay fellas, got another hot exclusive for you. This is an exclusive excerpt from Unclean Spirits by M.L.N. Hanover, the first book in The Black Sun’s Daughter sequence. Most of you know the author better as Daniel Abraham, author of the sweet epic fantasy series from Tor, The Long Price Quartet (which we also have an exclusive to the latest novel in that quartet, An Autumn War, here as well). Unclean Spirits will be published later (December) this year by Pocket Books.
We got 3000 words from the Unclean Spirits.
I want to thank Mr. Abraham and Pocket, and I’ll be damned if this doesn’t look all kinds of sweet.
Exclusive – An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham (Chapter Excerpt)
Three men came out of the desert. Twenty had gone in. The setting sun pushed their shadows out behind them, lit their faces a ruddy gold, blinded them. The weariness and pain in their bodies robbed them of speech. On the horizon, something glimmered that was no star, and they moved silently toward it. The [...]
Book Review – Hunter’s Run
Author: George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois & Daniel Abraham Cover Artist: Tony Sweet/Getty Images Publisher: Voyager Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2007 Hunter’s Run is the novel length version of a story Shadow Twin, published by scifi.com in 2004. I can only file this review under one author so I put it under George R.R. Martin. [...]
