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Grimdark

Review: We Men of Ash and Shadow (The Vanguard Chronicles #1) by HL Tinsley

March 24, 2025 by Emma Adams Leave a Comment

Synopsis Amidst the gas lamp shadows former soldier-turned-mercenary John Vanguard hunts criminals at the behest of his corrupt employer, Captain Felix Sanquain. Shamed by his deserter past and seeking to make amends for his many misdeeds, a chance encounter with Tarryn Leersac – a skilled young would-be-assassin fallen from the graces of high society – […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews

Review: An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele

March 23, 2025 by Molly 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: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: bookreview, Fantasy, Novella

Review: The Stone Knife (The Songs Of The Drowned #1) by Anna Stephens

March 13, 2025 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis A fantasy epic of freedom and empire, gods and monsters, love, loyalty, honour, and betrayal, from the acclaimed author of GODBLIND. For generations, the forests of Ixachipan have echoed with the clash of weapons, as nation after nation has fallen to the Empire of Songs – and to the unending, magical music that binds […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, LGBTQ+, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Fantasy Books

Review: Inkling of Flame by ZB Steele

February 26, 2025 by Mike Roberti Leave a Comment

Synopsis 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 against the assassin in grey. […]

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

Review: In Solitude’s Shadow (Empire of Ruin Series #1) by David Green.

January 31, 2025 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis War Comes For Those Who Forge It. And It Never Forgives… Haltveldt is a nation built on bloodshed. With the Order of Sparkers brought to heel, Emperor Locke wields his mages – and their magic the Spark – like a weapon as he wages a war of genocide. But the enemies of his empire […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, LGBTQ+, Masterclass, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

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

Book Review: With His Father’s Sword (The Empire of the Beast) by T.M. Carruthers

January 23, 2025 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: The Count of Monte Cristo meets Kingdom of Heaven by way of Gladiator. Synopsis: I am Harald Fairhair, illegitimate son of a dead land. I am Harald Lionheart, breaker of chains and champion of the arena. I am Harald the bastard, and I have destroyed the world. Hear Harald’s own words as he […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Grimdark Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

Review: Empire Of Shadows (The Coraidic Sagas #3) by Alicia Wanstall-Burke.

January 19, 2025 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis In the aftermath of battle, a truth is laid bare—the world, and the people within it, are not as they appear. Adrift without an anchor and nursing a broken heart, Lidan steels herself for a task she never thought would fall to her—to hunt down the architect of the horrors that have plagued the […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Monsters, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

Review: The Scroungers (Vermin of the Old Empire) by Thomas J. Devens

January 14, 2025 by A.J. Calvin Leave a Comment

Synopsis: The Lords have fallen. It was the war to end all wars. Violence had plagued the Fractured Kingdoms since the fall of the Old Empire. But as the generals and the lords died in the Valley of Torglen, the folk looked beyond their allegiances. Beyond their nations. The bedraggled masses that survived the battle […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews

Review: Legacy Of Ghosts (The Coraidic Sagas #2) by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

January 12, 2025 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Four years have passed since Lidan’s world was ripped apart, and time is running out to change her father’s mind about the succession before the bargain with her mother expires. Torn between what she wants and what she knows is right, she is faced with an impossible choice; will her brother live, or will […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Dragons, Fantasy, Grimdark, Monsters, Reviews, War Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

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

January 6, 2025 by Mike Roberti 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, Western Tagged With: For a Few Days More, indie books, zb steele

Review: Blood Of Heirs (The Coraidic Sagas #1) by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

January 1, 2025 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Lidan Tolak is the fiercest of her father’s daughters; more than capable of one day leading her clan. But caught between her warring parents, Lidan’s world begins to unravel when another of her father’s wives falls pregnant. Before she has time to consider the threat of a brother, a bloody swathe is cut through […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

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