Swords and Dark Magic – edited by Lou Anders and Jonathan Strahan – review
I grew up reading fantasy. More than that, even, I had fantasy read to me before I could read for myself (clearly, I never had a chance). There was a point, though, in adolescence, where I stopped reading epic, heroic, sword-wielding fantasy because it all seemed so…endlessly the same. The irony of my timing (the [...]
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat – review
There are a couple of superficial reasons why Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter appealed to me: I’ve always been a fan of her Maj, and zombies are a great way to get to my heart. The cover artist of my copy, Robert Parada, blended the fantastical zombie decapitations seamlessly with the original portrait done by Franz [...]
News – Download Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro For Free
Saw this noted over a Locus. The Eos branch of Harper Collins is for a limited time offering Emissaries from the Dead, the first book in the Andrea Cort series, for free via download. It’s written by Adam-Troy Castro, a former Nebula, Hugo and Bram Stoker award nominated author and was published earlier this year. [...]
Book Review – The Lions of Al-Rassan
Author: Guy Gavriel Kay Cover Artist: Mel Odom Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 1995 Al-Rassan is a land in turmoil. For hundreds of years it has been ruled by powerful Khalifs, and had prospered, sending raiding parties to Esperana in the north for treasure and supplies. But now the last Khalif has been murdered, [...]
Book Review – Deepsix
Author: Jack McDevitt Cover Artist: Chris Moore Publisher: EOS Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2001 Deepsix is the second novel in Jack McDevitt’s “Academy” series, which can be described as mostly-hard science fiction with a few exceptions like faster-than-light travel included out of narrative necessity. However, while it has the same main character as the first [...]
Book Review – Wrath of a Mad God
Author: Raymond E. Feist Cover Artist: Steve Stone Publisher: Eos Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2008 Wrath of a Mad God is the conclusion of the Darkwar saga. The third of five riftwars Feist intends to cover. The past couple of years he’s been sidetracked by a number of other projects set in the connected worlds [...]
Book Review – The Undead Kama Sutra
Author: Mario Acevedo Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: March 2008 Since the folks at EOS were kind enough to send me a copy of The Undead Kama Sutra, I felt that I should extend them the same courtesy and read this book. This is the third book in Mario Acevedo’s Felix Gomez detective series, [...]
Book Review – Renegade’s Magic
Author: Robin Hobb Cover Artist: Steve Stone Publisher: Eos Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2008 Renegade’s Magic is the third part of Hobb’s fourth trilogy and quite a change from her works in the Realm of the Elderlings. Hobb places the Soldier Son trilogy in a more technically advanced world than her previous works. If you [...]
Book Review – A Dark Sacrifice
Author: Madeline Howard Cover Artist: Steve Youll Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November 2007 A Dark Sacrifice, the second book in Madeline Howard’s Rune of Unmaking series is a well written sequel to The Hidden Stars. As we begin this book, we pick up directly where the first book left off – we find [...]
Book Review – The Serpent Bride
Author: Sara Douglass Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: May 2007 The Serpent Bride, the start of a new series by noted Australian author Sara Douglass, we see a melding of several different tales into something new. Set in the same world as her Wayfarer Redemption series, she brings back characters from that long series [...]
Book Review – The Burning Land
Author: Victoria Strauss Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November 2004 Gyalo Amdo Samchen, a vowed Shaper and follower of the religion known as Âratism, is sent on a mission by the Brethren to cross the Burning Land in search of lost refugees of the same faith. A host of others join him in his [...]
Book Review – The Gates of Gods
Author: Martha Wells Cover Artist: Donato Giancola Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: August 2006 I’ve been a fan of Martha Wells’ work for some years now, always eagerly awaiting her next book. Wells has carved out a solid niche based on her excellent single-volume genre fantasies. Her books all feature enjoyable prose, snappy dialogue [...]
