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Dan Smith

Review: Soul Stealer Graham Masterton

March 6, 2022 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Soul Stealer is a horrifying and compelling page-turner that really pushes the edge of the genre and what’s readable; there’s no hiding it, some of the scenes in this book are horror in its most acute form.

Filed Under: Fear For All, Reviews Tagged With: Graham Masterton, Head of Zeus

This Charming Man (The Stranger Times #2) by C. K. McDonnell

February 17, 2022 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

llip has suddenly developed pointy teeth; he’s getting really wary of daylight and to top it off … he can no longer see his reflection in the mirror. Well, what does he think has caused that? Perhaps its an STD, he surmises … and that, reader, is completely on brand for a book in The Stranger Times series, it had me roaring from the get-go and is utterly, utterly entertaining. It’s certainly for fans of Pratchett and other comedic novels, but really does cut its own shape in the genre with a heavy focus on fantasy, world-building and urban-central storytelling. I loved this and it continues to be a series I look forward to.

Filed Under: Comic Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Bantam Books, C. K. McDonnell

Review: Unsouled (Cradle #1) by Will Wight

February 12, 2022 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Unsouled was a book that gripped me right from the start; reader, I read this book voraciously in two sittings whilst on my honeymoon. It’s the perfect storm of everything I love: anime, manga, Asian-inspired fantasy novels, tv shows … the list really does go on.

Filed Under: Cultivation, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Hidden Gnome Publishing, Will Wight

The Shattered Skies (The Cruel Stars #2) by John Birmingham

February 2, 2022 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

The Sturm have been pushed back, but not defeated, their larger forces still roam the Volume; despite the efforts of McLellan and Herodotus and the rest of our cast, their threat isn’t gone – and this sequel treats us to a whole lot more of what the first did. If epic space battles and advanced tech are your thing, or you’ve read the Expanse and want more spaceships and AI, this is a series that should shoot to the top of your TBR.

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: House of Zeus, John Birmingham

The Cruel Stars (The Cruel Stars #1) by John Birmingham

January 2, 2022 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Combat Intellects, mechs with humans written from a source code, old family dynasties, more advanced tech than you can throw a stick at, and that’s just in the first chapter. It’s a smorgasbord of everything that’s cool about modern science fiction; it’s bonkers in all the right ways. It would definitely suit fans of explosive space battles in series like the Expanse and the body-switching, souls uploaded into chips, and other weird tech of Altered Carbon.

Filed Under: Hard SciFi, Reviews, Space Opera Tagged With: Head of Zeus, John Birmingham

Of Darkness and Light by (The Bound and the Broken #2) by Ryan Cahill

December 15, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Arrows whoosh. Fire burns. Hearts beat. Blood pumps, spills; the start of Darkness and Light is visceral like the Fall, but this situation seems entirely worse. What starts in fire and loss end in complete darkness with a singular ray of light that is the exciting, jaw-dropping cliff-hanger that rounds off such an expansive novel. It lifts the lid on the story that started with Of Blood and Fire. The Dragonguard and the imperial army descend upon one boy and his adolescent dragon. The night holds its breath as we wait for the fires to come …

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Ryan Cahill

Review: The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf #1) by Richard Swan

December 9, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

The Justice of Kings is a triumph, a marvel that has placed courtrooms and wordplay as epic a battle as legions of men versus beasts ever were; with intrigue laced into every word of Helena’s tell-all tale of justice, and the lengths a single man will go to mete it out, the Justice of Kings is a tale above them all? When I say I enjoyed this book, it is the biggest understatement I’ve made this year.

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Orbit Books, richard swan

Review: Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken #1) by Ryan Cahill

November 16, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Of Fire and Blood is a nostalgic and warm read, plucking on the lute strings of themes I enjoy around a warm fire of favourite tropes, gathered for the tale. It’s certainly not a fantasy trying to be an edgelord, it’s a book offering warmth and safety. A great, old timely tale wearing new clothing. 

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Ryan Cahill

Review: The Fall (The Bound and the Broken #0.5) by Ryan Cahill

November 14, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Visceral. Vivid. Action-packed. 

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Ryan Cahill

Review: Map’s Edge (The Tethered Citadel #1) by David Hair

November 6, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Map’s Edge isn’t far from your classic fantasy comfort read; it’s a book for the winter, a book that’s warm and ready to take you on an adventure you might be familiar with, but it’s far from anything you’ve read before. There’s a modern voice, a twist on what you’ve read before. From the tale of Vashtariel the last God-King of the Aldar, the quality of Gravis’ alcohol, to the clientele is his tavern, the details are all here.

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy Tagged With: David Hair, jo fletcher books

Review: Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1) by Xiran Jay Zhao

October 28, 2021 by Dan Smith 1 Comment

Iron Widow is an astonishing mash of everything that gets me excited about a novel – it’s giant, transforming mechs against an alien invasion. It’s one woman’s fight against a patriarchal society and certainly fits into the Handmaid’s Tale X Pacific Rim mould it’s been pitched as, but it’s so very much more. I’d dare say it’s got a pinch of The Way of Kings in there with reference to the Hundun Waste and the ultimate goal of liberating it. It’s a beauty of a novel and would resonate with comic, SFF fans everywhere.

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Penguin Teen, Xiran Jay Zhao

Q&A: Shackled Fates (The Hanged God #2) by Thilde Kold Holdt

October 26, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

So, onto today’s treat: we have none other than your favourite Viking Fantasy author, who has kindly agreed to this interview, Thilde Kold Holdt.

Filed Under: Author Chat, Interview Tagged With: Rebellion Publishing, Thilde Kold Holdt

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