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Mada

Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1)

April 30, 2023 by Mada Leave a Comment

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities. A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never even noticed them. That’s about to change. Their stories spiral around each […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Coming of Age, Coming of Age, Cozy Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Grimdark, Heist, Historical, Magical Realism, Mythology, Reviews, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: HarperVoyager, Mark Lawrence, The Book That Wouldn't Burn

Review: The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn #1)

April 20, 2023 by Mada Leave a Comment

‘A gloriously gritty adventure through Hanrahan’s astonishing imagination’ Peter McLean, author of Priest of BonesTHE SWORD CARES NOT WHO IT CUTS Many years ago, Sir Aelfric and his nine companions saved the world, seizing the Dark Lord’s cursed weapons, along with his dread city of Necrad. That was the easy part. Now, when Aelfric – keeper of […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Gareth Hanrahan, Orbit, Spellbreaker, The Sword Defiant

Review: Assassin’s Creed: The Golden City (#1) by Jaleigh Johnson

March 11, 2023 by Mada Leave a Comment

A young emperor’s life hangs in the balance in ancient Constantinople, and only the Brotherhood of Assassins can save him, in this action-packed historical adventure from the award-winning Assassin’s Creed universe Constantinople, 867 – A murderous plot is afoot. Assisted by the Order of the Ancients, the emperor schemes to assassinate his son and throw the city […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Middle Eastern Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Acontye Books, Assassin Creed, Assassin Creed Brotherhood, Assassin Creed Mirage, Assassins, Assasssin Creed Relevations, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Jaleigh Johnson, Roman Byzantium, The Golden City, Ubisoft

Review: The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology #1) by Hadeer Elsbai

January 19, 2023 by Mada Leave a Comment

SYNOPSIS: From debut author Hadeer Elsbai comes the first book in an incredibly powerful new duology, set wholly in a new world, but inspired by modern Egyptian history, about two young women–Nehal, a spoiled aristocrat used to getting what she wants and Giorgina, a poor bookshop worker used to having nothing–who find they have far […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Middle Eastern Fantasy, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy Tagged With: Alamaxa, Daughters, Egyptian fantasy, Elsbai, Hadeer, Izdihar, Orbit Books

Review: Bellatrix (Legion XXII #2) by Simon Turney

January 16, 2023 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Warrior and combat medic of the Twenty Second Legion, Titus Cervianus, must fight the armies of the fabled Warrior Queen in this blistering new Roman adventure from Simon Turney. Egypt, 25 BC. Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. And the Twenty Second is no ordinary legion. Formed from the personal guard of a conquered […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Reviews Tagged With: #Bellatrix, Ancient Rome, Aria Fiction, Histoircal Fiction, Rome, Simon Scarrow, SImon Turney, SJA Turney

Review:  Roman Britain’s Pirate King by Simon Elliott

August 26, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: In the mid-3rd century AD Roman Britain’s regional fleet, the Classis Britannica, disappeared. It was never to return. Soon the North Sea and English Channel were over-run by Germanic pirates preying upon the east and south coast of Britain, and the continental coast up to the Rhine Delta. The western augustus (senior emperor) Maximian […]

Filed Under: Alt History, Historical, Historical Fiction Tagged With: Roman Britain Pirate King, Simon Elliot

Review: The First Binding (Tales of Tremaine #1)

August 25, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: All legends are born of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge me for what you will. But you will hear my story first. I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed their god. I’ve stolen old magics and been cursed for it. […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Grimdark, Mythology, Time Travel Tagged With: Epic Indian Fantasy, Tasha Suri, the first binding

Review: The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms #2) by Tasha Suri

August 19, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: The Jasmine Throne has been hailed as a series opener that will ‘undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come’ (Booklist, starred). Now, award-winning author Tasha Suri’s provocative and powerful Burning Kingdoms trilogy continues with The Oleander Sword. The prophecy of the nameless god – the words that declared Malini the rightful empress […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fear For All, Fiction, Mythology, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword

Review: The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms #1)

August 17, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne.The other is a priestess searching for her family.Together, they will change the fate of an empire. Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of powerful magic […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark Tagged With: Broken Kingdoms, Tasha Suri

The Garden of Empire (Pact and Pattern #2) by J.T Greathouse

August 13, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: J.T. Greathouse continues his Pact and Pattern fantasy series, hailed by New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan as “a captivating epic of conflicted loyalties and dangerous ambition.” The boy once known as Wen Alder has become the rebel witch Foolish Cur. Schooled in both the powers that bound him to serve the emperor as well […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fiction, Grimdark, Mythology, Wuxia and Xianxia Tagged With: Garden of Empire, Gollancz, J.T Greathouse, Pact and Pattern

Review: The Fall of Roman Britain and why we speak English

August 10, 2022 by Mada 2 Comments

Synopsis: The end of empire in the island of Great Britain was both more abrupt and more complete than in any of the other European Roman provinces. When the fog clears and Britain re-enters the historical record, it is, unlike other former European provinces of the Western Empire, dominated by a new culture that speaks […]

Filed Under: Historical Tagged With: John Lambshead, Pen and Sword, Roman Britain

Review: Oathbound (Wolf of Kings Book #1) by Richard Cullens

July 30, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: First in an action-packed historical series featuring Danish warrior Styrkar, and his journey through the Battle of Hastings and the violence of the Norman Conquest. The champion of a dead king has nothing left to lose… And nothing more to fear.England, 1066. Styrkar the Dane stumbles wounded and delirious from the corpse-strewn battlefield of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction Tagged With: AriesFiction, Oathbound, Richard Cullen

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