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Sword and Sorcery

Book Review: A Shade of Madness (The Ashes of Avarin, Book 2) by Thiago Abdalla

January 25, 2023 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis Avarin tumbles into madness through the shattered ruin of a centuries-old peace. As griffin riders clash against airships above and hordes of madmen below, Lynn finds herself surrounded by enemies. Ones that will test the limits of her faith. To defeat them, she must risk everything… including her sanity. Adrian has lost the Legion, […]

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

ARC Review: No Heart For A Thief (Malitu #1) by James Lloyd Dulin

January 2, 2023 by Seanchalant Leave a Comment

SYNOPSIS We are the stories we tell ourselves…even the lies. The Thief, a great spirit, and her descendants have abused their ability to steal magic for centuries. When Kaylo starts to hear the song of other people’s magic, he must learn to hide from his people as well as the invaders. A gift or a […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Fantasy, No Heart for a Thief, Self-Published

Review: Wrath from the Mountains (The Bane Sword Saga #2) by D.A. Smith

December 16, 2022 by Tom Bookbeard Leave a Comment

The Bane Sword Saga is picking up momentum. Smith’s ronin rampage is a whirlwind of cursing and slicing that’s not slowing down anytime soon

Filed Under: Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Dan Smith

Book Tour & Review: Wings of the Storm (The Dunes of Aelaron, Book 1) by Aaron Bunce & Christopher Guhl

October 25, 2022 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis My name is Vayo, and I am a slave.   My people lived in Argia, the City of Light, before Nabonidus the Defiler swept across the land. He conquered, murdering and enslaving the other tribes. I was born after the fall, in a crumbling pit of despair and sadness.   Nabonidus crowned himself ruler […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Book Tour, Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery, Young Adult Tagged With: Action, Autumn Arch Publishing, Book Review, Book Tour, Books, Bunce, Escapist Book Tours, Fantasy, Guhl, Indie, slavery

Review: The First Binding (Tales of Tremaine #1) by R.R. Virdi

September 20, 2022 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

A South Asian fantasy novel that follow a formula long-time fantasy readers know and love: boy loves, loses, seeks revenge, and becomes a legend.

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: the first binding, Tor, Tor Books, Virdi

The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Gael Song #1) by Shauna Lawless

August 22, 2022 by Jennifer Sutton Leave a Comment

Synopsis The first in a gripping new historical fantasy series that intertwines Irish mythology with real-life history, The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is the thrilling debut novel by Shauna Lawless. They think they’ve killed the last of us… 981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Low Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Debut Novel, Fantasy, Fantasy Book Reviews, Fantasy Debut, Orbit, Orbit Books

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, Fiction, Horror, Mythology, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword

Review: The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang

July 29, 2022 by Jennifer Sutton Leave a Comment

Synopsis A mother struggling to repress her violent past,A son struggling to grasp his violent future,A father blind to the danger that threatens them all. When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Debut, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Military Fantasy, Reviews, Self Published, Superheroes, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: asian fantasy, Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, m l wang, Self Published, Self Published Fantasy, SPFBO Finalists, spfbo winner, The Sword of Kaigen

Review: The Last Wish (The Witcher #0.5) by Andrzej Sapkowski

July 27, 2022 by David S Leave a Comment

Synopsis Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—is a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. But not everything […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Paranormal Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery

Book Review: The Memoirs of Elikai: The Children of the Solstice (Book 1) by D Alexander

July 25, 2022 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis “The Fall of Free Will begins at sundown. The Generals of Destiny will rise at the height of the Winter Solstice. Come, King of Free Will, to the place where you allowed true love to perish and bear witness to the end of Free Will.” Danny Elikai is a teenage boy who lost his […]

Filed Under: Debut, Fantasy, Reviews, Self Published, Sword and Sorcery, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, LGBTQ, philosophical fantasy, Self Published, Urban Fantasy, YA

Review: Ledge (The Glacian Trilogy #1) by Stacey McEwan

July 20, 2022 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

Stacey McEwan joins the ranks among the new gen of authors who are modern and inclusive in all the right ways without being on the nose nor performative for the sake of it

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Blog Posts, Debut, Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: angry robot books, Stacey McEwan

Book Tour & Review: A Kings Radiance (Bonds of Kin, Book 1) by L.R. Schulz

July 11, 2022 by Neil Williams Leave a Comment

Synopsis Three siblings… a rebel, a prince, a prisoner The sun’s light shines bright over the land of Zapour, and only a select few can harness its power. But all power comes with a cost, and the world is not kind to those who refuse to pay it. Raiz Glaive, a strong shine wielder, was […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Book Tour, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Progression, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Indie, Indie Author, Self Published

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