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Review: The Banner of the Broken Orc (The Call of the Darkness Saga #1) by Aiden L Turner

November 16, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis The Dark Lord sends forth his call. Could you resist the wealth and power?Prince of men, lord of light, and champion of the weak, Jacob’s immense physical strength is matched only by his great kindness. Until an animal rage awakens, and he is born anew. Reborn like a warrior of old. A hero with […]

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

Review: The Forbidden Realms (Fallen Light Series #2) by H.C. Newell

November 11, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Book II of the Fallen Light series. Nerana is a sorceress. An exile. The Child of Skye. And she isn’t alone.  After a vicious attack against the Order of Saro, Nerana finds herself lost in the wastelands of Aragoth. Forbidden of humans or evae, the desert is a land teeming with fire and […]

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

Review: The Lessons Never Learned (The War Eternal #2) by Rob J. Hayes

November 8, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis I am the weapon. Eskara is free of the Pit, but far from safe. She is beset by the ghosts of those she has killed, and plagued by the ancient horror that possesses her. Enemies dog her heels, determined to see the last Orran Sourcerer dead. Worse still, there is new player in the […]

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

Review: The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buelhman

November 7, 2023 by DB Rook Leave a Comment

Synopsis Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

Review: Along the Razor’s Edge (The War Eternal Series #1) by Rob J. Hayes

November 5, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis The War Eternal is a 5 book completed series. No one escapes the Pit. The war is over. Sixteen-year-old Eskara Helsene was a Sourcerer, a weapon for her empire. But she fought on the wrong side. Now she is a prisoner serving out a life sentence in the mines of the Pit, where there […]

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

Review: No Hook for the Hood (A “Shadows of the Colliegiate” Short Story) by D.B. Rook

November 2, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis In the shadow of The Collegiate lies a town displaced by a raging plague. Without succour and the accord penned by the Collegiate’s shrewd council, decimation is inevitable.The accord weighs human lives against servitude and casts a light on the desperation of simple townsfolk.Indentured executioner, Grawnden Tweed, is finally days away from freedom.A man […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Horror, Grimdark, Novella, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Dark Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

Review: Curse of the Fallen (Fallen Light Series #1) by H.C. Newell

November 2, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Book I of the Fallen Light series. This Child is not the chosen one. She is a demon to be destroyed. Born of magic, Nerana is labeled a demon and forced into hiding by the Order of Saro. Living with a curse that binds her to their leader, Nerana seeks to free herself from […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Monsters, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery, Zombies Tagged With: Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Self Published

Review: The Anatomy of Fear (Anthology)

October 30, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis A Spookylicious, Grimalicious Stravaganza. ‘The skull bell tolled, but only Lena heard it.’ – L.L. MacRae (Bone) Fear is universal – a shared human experience that provokes awe, curiosity and terror. It feeds our anxieties, elevating our heartbeats and driving the instinct to survive. But what are we afraid of – and why? Each […]

Filed Under: Anthology, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy Horror, Grimdark, Paranormal, Reviews, Supernatural, Weird Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Self Published

Review: The God Is Not Willing (Witness Trilogy #1) by Steven Erikson

October 25, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis Many years have passed since three Teblor warriors brought carnage and chaos to the small lakeside settlement of Silver Lake. While the town has recovered, the legacy of that past horror remains, even if the Teblor tribes of the north no longer venture into the southlands. One of those three, Karsa Orlong, is now […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, High Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy Books

Review: Silver Spines (Dragonblood Assassin #3) by Jaime Castle and Andy Peloquin

October 20, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis War has come to Dimvein. The Empire’s ancient foes have come to destroy, bringing with them threats new and old. The Blood Clan pirates and the savage Hudar Horde cavalry are joined by the magic of the Vandil, long believed lost to the ages. Kullen and Natisse must fight to preserve the threads that […]

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

Review: A Ritual Of Flesh (The Dead Sagas Volume 2) by Lee C. Conley

October 18, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis As evil ravages the north and the dead walk, all eyes fall to Arn… The apprentice journeys south, home to the College, unaware of the dark events that transpired in the High Passes after his departure. His leg in ruins, and haunted by watching shadows, the College council in Arn awaits him, but he […]

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

Review: A Ritual Of Bone (The Dead Sagas Volume 1) by Lee C. Conley

October 14, 2023 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Synopsis “Only valour and steel can stand against the rising dead” Arnar is a land of warriors, its people as stalwart as the stones themselves. In a land of dark forests and ancient hill forts, a forgotten evil is awoken by curious minds. The Great Histories and the Sagas say nothing of this evil, long […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Horror, Grimdark, Reviews, Zombies Tagged With: Book Review, Science Fiction, Self Published

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