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Pippin Took, the shire hobbit

About Pippin Took, the shire hobbit

Ganesh SA (a.k.a Pippin Took in most social media platforms) is a 5G Engineer in Seattle. If you’re in the PNW and your mobile data doesn’t work properly, there’s a fair to certain chance it’s his fault. Either he was thinking about a second breakfast or sneak reading fantasy books in the office. Outside of work you can find him at a Seattle public library or at Lumen Field if OL Reign are playing. Gateway to fantasy was Cornelia Funke and Christopher Paolini and because of that, he hasn’t mastered the art of entering and leaving a bookstore without buying a book with a dragon on the cover. Full time FIFA/Tea addict.

Review: Eyes of Empire (Hybrid Helix #5) by J.C.M. Berne

May 24, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis A baby dreadnought is terrorizing two star systems. A new wormhole has been opened, a new planetary system revealed, populated by a strange and impossible race. A mad god is on the loose. The il’Drach have destroyed an entire planet. They are on their way to Wistful. Rohan just wants a peaceful day of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Superheroes Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published

Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

May 10, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field […]

Filed Under: Genetic Engineering, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: #TorBooks, Book Review, Science Fiction

Review: For a Few Days More by Z.B Steele

May 7, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis The Hinterlands are a lawless place of broken dreams and broken people. Roth is a bodyguard trying to leave his dark past behind, but history has a way of turning back up. Cynthia is a bandit who’s trying to make a future by wading through blood. They travel separately, trying to live by their […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Grimdark, Indie Published

Review: Sea of Souls (Sea of Souls saga #1) by N.C. Scrimgeour

May 4, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis Isla Blackwood has never accepted the shackles of her family’s nobility. Instead, she sails the open waters, searching for belonging on the waves. But when tragedy forces Isla home, she realises she can no longer escape the duty she’s been running from. Selkie raiders plague the island’s coasts, and when they strike at Blackwood […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Nautical fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

Review: The Devils (The Devils #1) by Joe Abercrombie

April 14, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters, and the mission he is tasked with will require bloody […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Tor Books

Review: Blood of the Kami by Baptiste Pinson Wu

April 12, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis For centuries, the Yaseki have fought the corrupted souls who seek to plunge Japan into darkness. But the fragile balance is now shifting toward the forces of evil. Ren Fudō, a young Soul Hunter blessed with the blood of the kami, receives a mission from Amaterasu Ōmikami. This simple errand is a spirit-given chance […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published

Review: Blood Reunion (Hybrid Helix #3) by J.C.M. Berne

March 29, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis People are dying, their corpses left savaged and drained of blood. The obvious culprit: vampires. But vampires shouldn’t be able to sneak around Wistful undetected or shadowstep freely inside her body. Soon the station herself becomes oddly uncooperative, leaving Rohan and Wei Li bewildered and all her inhabitants in danger. Finding and defeating the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, Superheroes Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Self Published

Review: Return of the Griffin (Hybrid Helix #2) by J.C.M. Berne

March 15, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis Turn Two of the Hybrid Helix. Humanity faces extinction. Ten-kiloton monsters are rising from the depths of the Pacific, levelling entire cities in frenzies of destruction. Earth’s heroes have been decimated. The survivors put their hope in one last, desperate plan: find Hyperion, Earth’s most powerful hero, and ask him to return from exile […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera Tagged With: Book Review, Science Fiction, Self Published, Superhero

Review: The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien De Castell

March 14, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis ‘Seven powerful mages want to make the world a better place. We’re going to kill them first.’ Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. No doubt he’s wearing iridescent silk robes that couldn’t protect his frail body from a light breeze. […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

February 2, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy. Now, a new crew has been assembled. […]

Filed Under: Horror, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: Book Review, Horror, Orbit Books, Science Fiction

An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele

January 30, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis Tell me how it happened… Layne was a soldier, conscripted to fight under the Fox in a vengeance fueled march. He, and his friends, were due for a fated confrontation, one that has ended in blood and loss. Now, the inquisitors want to hear every detail of his conscription, his training, and the duel […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published

The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson

January 27, 2025 by Pippin Took, the shire hobbit Leave a Comment

Synopsis A heretic thief is the empire’s only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabits the same world as the popular novel, Elantris. Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its history with skillful magic. Condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor’s scepter, she is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Heist, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy

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