Synopsis In the remote land of Laskar the seven ruling clans have vied with each other for power for over a century. The son of the Reavesburg Clan Chief, Rothgar, has been groomed all his life for a role supporting his elder brother, Jorik, in leading their kingdom when their father’s time finally comes to […]
Dark Fantasy
Review: The Price of Piety (A” Shadow of the Collegiate Short Story) by DB Rook
Synopsis Not afraid to get their hands dirty, a crew of miscreant thieves go after the font of all wealth, buried somewhere deep in the guts of the revered Collegiate.Powerful sorcery, guardians in the dark, and latrine duty stand against the dysfunctional gang.Only a vague sense of camaraderie, loosely bound with spit, laziness and greed, […]
Review: Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles #1) by Ed Mcdonald
Synopsis From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing trilogy comes Ed McDonald’s Daughter of Redwinter, the first of a brilliant fantasy series about how one choice can change a universe. Raine can see–and more importantly, speak–to the dead. It’s a wretched gift with a death sentence that has her doing many dubious things to save […]
Review: Bastards of Liberty(The Conspiracy of Crows #1) by Matthew Zorich
Synopsis In the heart of the Holy Imperium, a family’s lives are shattered. Runt Ashburn, the youngest of three siblings, journeys to seek his father needing answers. His sister Alsyha, now an indentured servant to blacksmiths, plots her escape and revenge. At the same time, the oldest, Ashburn Benjamin, juggles the life of a soldier […]
Review: The Definition of Vengeance (The Serpent Knight Saga #3) by Kevin Wright
Synopsis The small village of Untheim has a big problem. Folk go missing with alarming frequency. Even more alarming? They turn up dead. And a young girl’s just disappeared. Sir Luther Slythe Krait also has a big problem. He’s stuck in Untheim. Penniless and poor and on his last legs, Sir Luther shoulders the task […]
Review: The Warrior Prophet (The Prince of Nothing Trilogy #2) by R. Scott Bakker
Synopsis “Book Two of The Prince of Nothing” finds the Holy War continuing its inexorable march southward. But the suspicion begins to dawn that the real threat comes not from the infidel but from within…Steering souls through the subtleties of word and expression, Kellhus strives to extend his dominion over the Men of the Tusk. […]
Review: The Darkness That Comes Before ( The Prince of Nothing Trilogy #1) by R. Scott Bakker
Synopsis The first book in R. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals. It’s a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both two thousand years past and two thousand years into the future, as untold […]
Review: A War To End All (Manifest Delusions #3) by Michael R. Fletcher & Clayton W. Snyder
Synopsis A war, then. A war of our own. A war for perfection and cleanliness and order.A war to end suffering.A war to end filth and disease.A war to end immorality and injustice.A war to end blasphemy.The last war this world would ever see.A war to end all. Review Holy Geisteskraken’s balls, that was bloody […]
Review: At Eternity’s Gates (Ruin of Empire #4) by David Green
Synopsis THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE EMPIRE OF RUIN SERIES As a long-planned endgame begins, the future of Haltveldt balances on the edge of the slimmest of blades. Calene Alpenwood rallies her comrades against the spreading darkness, but faces overwhelming threats from both sides of enemy lines. The entity known as the Corruption, the living […]
Review: Dark Woods, Deep Water by Jelena Dunato
Nothing like the cold wintry chill of a delicious dark fantasy debut Summary In the depths of a remote forest, an enchanted castle preys on unwary travellers. The servants of the Goddess Morana sacrifice to their dark mistress every soul who crosses its threshold. One terrible night, three people who should never have met find themselves trapped there: a […]
Book Tour & Review: Through Blood and Dragons (The Forged and The Fallen, Book 1) by R.M. Schultz
Synopsis Steeped in blood. Ruled by those with dragons. Cimeren is a world divided by a mysterious forest and the vast Lake on Fire. Suspicion brews on both sides, and the south has fallen into chaos as battles and quarrels rage between kingdoms. In the border outpost of Nevergrace, Cyran Orendain is dealing with the […]
Review: Sea of Souls (Sea of Souls Saga Book 1) by N.C. Scrimgeour
Creatures that will chill your soul and characters that will break your heart. The fantasy read of the summer is here. Synopsis Dark be the water, and darker still the creatures that lurk within… Free-spirited Isla Blackwood has never accepted the shackles of her family’s nobility. Instead, she sails the open waters, searching for belonging […]