Authun, mighty warrior, king of the northern vikings and descendant of the god Odin is cursed to sire only female offspring because, supposedly, Odin fears the strength a son of Authun would possess. But Authin will not be denied an heir and, acting on a prophecy of the witches of the Troll Wall, [...]
My to-be-read list is usually stacked at least 20 books high and planned a few weeks ahead so it takes a monumental shift to change it. N. K. Jemesin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms managed just such a change. Due to the incessant online buzz and the overwhelmingly positive reviews of this fantasy debut [...]
For fifty years The Heart Of The World has been at war. The Holy Empire of Mann has swept across the world conquering nation after nation with their leader, Holy Matriarch Sasheen, maintaining power and control through priestly ‘Diplomats’ who bend the conquered peoples to the will of Mann with ruthless efficiency. The [...]
You have to feel just slightly sorry for Sam Sykes. He’s only 25 and yet Tome of the Undergates has been hailed as the biggest fantasy debut of 2010 and, as it comes from the Gollancz stable, he follows in the footsteps of writers like Joe Abercrombie, Pat Rothfuss, Scott Lynch and Tom Lloyd, [...]
Dragons eh? Can’t live with ‘em, can’t seem to stop people writing about ‘em. I mean, I don’t have any particular animosity towards them, but I’m always wary of fantasy with dragons because often they come across as a bit grouchy but ultimately everyone’s best friend and protector, like having an all-powerful, fire-breathing [...]
I’d heard lots of good things about this book, the online world was buzzing about it for a while, and while the title was definitely intriguing enough to make me want to read it, one glance at the minor artistic miracle that is the cover was all it took to convince me to escalate this [...]
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