By K J Parker
This was my first K J Parker book and I’ll state right now, it won’t be my last. The Folding Knife is the story of Bassianus Severus, Basso for short, a precocious boy and son of the First Citizen of the Republic of Vesani. Basso grows up and takes over [...]
When we left Nights Of Viljamur, Chancellor Urtica had successfully seized control of the throne but Rika, the rightful heir, and her sister Eir had managed to escape execution and flee the city in the company of tutor, dancer, swordsman and petty criminal Randur and his old friend Denlin. As we begin City Of [...]
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, [...]
I’ve never been the biggest Kim Stanley Robinson fan, and having read the Arthur C Clarke nominated ‘Galileo’s Dream’ I couldn’t see that changing any time soon, but I’ve had this book sitting unread on my shelves for a few years and after taking some stick for clearly lacking the good taste, refinement and education [...]
Leoni is a troubled teenager from a wealthy family. Following yet another argument with her parents Leoni hides out in her room to get high but accidentally overdoses, tipping her into an extraordinary out-of-body experience in which she relives the horrific abuse of her past but also sees a beautiful blue angel who hints [...]
After the tour de force that was The City & The City it’s fair to say that expectations for Kraken are high, and while it does squarely meet those expectations, it is a very different animal indeed.
Billy Harrow is a curator at the Natural History Museum. He specialises in marine molluscs and has a [...]
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