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Dan Smith

Review: Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

October 25, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Far from the Light of Heaven is an action-packed murder mystery-cum-science fiction space voyage. It reminded me so much of the movie Sunshine, with a dab of Leviathan Wakes; it’s nail-biting, intelligent and heavens damned moreish.

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Orbit Books, Tade Thompson

Review: Shackled Fates (The Hanged God #2) by Thilde Kold Holdt

October 23, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Shackled Fates is the second volume in the Hanged God trilogy, the story that carries right on from the first. Right back into the action, right back into the tale; the bard strums his guitar and continues the fireside tale of Vikings, their gods, and the impending final battle. Holdt effortlessly writes with a voice that’s whispered from ear to ear, passed down through the histories and into the story we have in front of us; with face-paced action, large-scale battles, and whispers in the wind, we’re transported through the Nine Worlds again on a story that promises to change the fate of them all.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Rebellion, Thilde Kold Holdt

Guest Post: Horror as the Great Misunderstood by A. M. Shine

October 14, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

The horror genre has always been haunted by misconceptions. It is, I believe, that crimson jewel hidden amidst the cobwebs and the shadows, discovered by many but not by all. In the realm of literature, it is an exceptionally potent word. Regardless of whether an author has written a ground-breaking coming-of-age novel or the greatest […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Guest Post Tagged With: A. M. Shine, Head of Zeus, The Watchers

Review: The Watchers by A. M. Shine

October 11, 2021 by Dan Smith 1 Comment

The Watchers is the fantastic, heart-thumping, page-turning debut from A. M. Shine that really left me no choice but to keep reading – to finish the tale at a pace, running from the shrieks in the night. This book gave me major Cabin in the Woods x Lost vibes: feels like they’re in limbo somewhere. The mystery is different, strange, because there’s rules and they know what hunts them … they just can’t see them at all. There’s but one warning for you before you read on, reader: Stay in the light.

Filed Under: Blog Tour, Fear For All, Monsters, Reviews Tagged With: A. M. Shine, Head of Zeus

Review: The Free Bastards (The Lot Lands #3) by Jonathan French

October 2, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

The Free Bastards is a final book that takes everything we hold dear, all the cool, badass, components we’ve loved from the first two and throws a dash more of court intrigue that’s a weird fit with mongrels around, more strange magic and ramps it all up to a hundred! It’s a book that knows itself and ain’t scared to flaunt it. It’s a tapestry of all that the Lot Lands had to offer in books 1 and 2, woven into a tight picture then set ablaze; let me tell you this, reader, when the fire that is Oats starts, it doesn’t stop.

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Jonathan French, Orbit

Review: The Liar of Red Valley by Walter Goodwater

September 26, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

(The Liar of Red Valley) is a fantastic book full of magic creatures, cool magic and fast-paced plot. While I didn’t get behind some of the side characters, that in itself can play into a massive plot twist that I’m sure no one will see coming. However, it is a shorter book than I’d have liked so saves on going too in-depth. I believe it’s a stylistic choice that all of the magic creatures aren’t described because the human eye can’t behold, the human mind can’t decipher, what they are but it sometimes left a blank space in my imagination with it. However, it was a cool way to deal with beings we simply wouldn’t know how to describe and leaves an original twist on what their appearances might be in that everyone reading will see something different. 

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Rebellion Publishing, Walter Goodwater

Review: Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire #1) by Jay Kristoff

September 21, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Empire of the Vampire is the powerful new book from Jay Kristoff, a book so colourful in themes yet ever shaded black and grey. It’s what would happen if The Name of the Wind developed a penchant for blood and vice. Not to mention that never have I ever been moved to such sadness by a prologue before. The undertones of despair, of a flame almost burnt out, but so desperate. Not for life, but for a drug. EOTV will bare its fangs first and ask questions later.

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: HarperVoyager, Jay Kristoff

Review: Fury of a Demon (Dragons of Terra #3) by Brian Naslund

September 11, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Fury of a Demon is the perfect conclusion. There, I said it. But what more do you want in a final book? There’re dragons; an enemy so warped in his own wicked image he seems undefeatable; a cannibal with a vengeance; Simeon and his wind, and a lot more. All of it wrapped in a fast-paced plot, full of answers, intrigue and as many twisted creations as Osyrus Ward can pump from Floodhaven Castle. I LOVED every word of this – not a single one misplaced. This book is John Wick and terminator’s love child on steroids, riding upon a dragon. 

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Brian Naslund, Tor Books

Review: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

September 2, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Certain Dark Things is the new, sharply set, novel from Silvia Moreno-Garcia; it bares its fangs right away with action scenes in fast beats under the glow of the neon lights. It’s what twilight would be if it was dark and riddled with bullet holes, if the vampire families were warring drug cartels, not welcome by the human ones that inhabit, run and rule Mexico City. This alternate reality where ten types of vampires will come for you in the night, or day, is sure to keep you gripped.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fear For All, Paranormal Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy, Vampires Tagged With: Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Tor Nightfire

Author Q&A: Matthew Ward

August 17, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Well, today’s an important day for us here at the blog because we’ve been kindly invited to host the Legacy of Light Blog Tour for today, courtesy of Matthew himself, which we’re all very excited about and can’t wait to get stuck into. So, you’ll be with me, and Matthew, for the first part of the day, where’s he’s agreed to answer some of my questions with hopefully some answers to your own questions …

Filed Under: Author Chat, Blog Tour

Review: The Pariah (The Covenant of Steel #1) by Anthony Ryan

August 10, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

The Pariah is the first in Anthony Ryan’s new epic – in every darn sense of the word – start to the Covenant of Steel series.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Anthony Ryan, Book Blog, Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, The Pariah

Review: The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons #4) by Jenn Lyons

July 24, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

he only way I can compare the House of Always to media I’ve read before is the Hateful 8 meets Harrow the Ninth-style chronology … which is to say the timeline is mixed up and everyone is in the same room – that being the Lighthouse Shadrag Gor.

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Jenn Lyons, Tor Books

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