Synopsis After decades of warfare, Malazan forces are now close to consolidating the Quon Talian mainland. Yet it is at this moment that Emperor Kellanved orders a new campaign far to the north: the invasion of Falar. Since the main Malazan armies are otherwise engaged in Quon Tali, a collection of orphaned units and broken […]
Fantasy
Review: The God Is Not Willing (Witness Trilogy #1) by Steven Erikson
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 […]
REVIEW: The Forbidden Realms (The Fallen Light #2) by H.C. Newell
SYNOPSIS 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 vengeance, and Nerana’s only hope for survival lies […]
Review: Callus & Crow by D B Rook (The Wayward World Chronicles #1)
Callus & Crow is one of 2023’s unmissable reads.
REVIEW: Credible Threats (Sam Adams #1) by Daniel Meyer
SYNOPSIS Sam Adams, sixteen-year-old wizard, has zero interest in saving the world—but staying out of the line of fire isn’t an option for wizards. When a new designer drug hits the streets, giving ordinary humans magical powers and leaving a trail of bodies in its wake, it threatens to turn his city of Williamsport’s long-simmering […]
The Grimrose Girls (Grimrose Girls) by Laura Pohl
Synopsis Four friends, one murder, and a dark fate that may leave them all doomed… After the mysterious death of their best friend, Ella, Yuki, and Rory are the talk of their elite school, Grimrose Académie. The police ruled Ariane’s death as a suicide, but the trio is determined to find out what really happened. […]
The Beast Hunters (The Beast Hunter of Ashbourn #1) by Christer Lende
Synopsis The Witcher meets Sherlock Holmes in the epic beginning of Ara’s new life as a beast hunter apprentice. When a monster brutally kills her parents, Ara is saved by two beast hunters. Becoming their apprentice, she discoversserums, secret bestiary knowledge, and remarkable abilities-all to save unsuspecting souls from the same fate her parents suffered. […]
Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland
Synopsis The New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping tale of the ghosts of our past that won’t stay buried, starring an unforgettable girl named Ophie. Ophelia Harrison used to live in a small house in the Georgia countryside. But that was before the night in […]
Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence
Synopsis 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 […]
Review: Silver Spines (Dragonblood Assassin #3) by Jaime Castle and Andy Peloquin
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 […]
Review: A Ritual Of Flesh (The Dead Sagas Volume 2) by Lee C. Conley
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 […]
Review: The Crystal Shore (The Tempered Soul Series) by Jo de-Lancey
Synopsis How far would you go for a shot at redemption? Killian O’Shea is a charlatan who masks his painful past with a smirk and a shrug. One night, the neurotic Ren Thorncliffe walks into his life and changes it forever. Ren’s father is dying, and the only thing that can save him is an […]