Pieces of Eight was a nearly perfect sequel to Bloodlines and I am so excited to see what the Guardian of Empire City must confront next. Hartog’s character work is so well done that choosing a favorite character is almost impossible. While parts of the ending fell a little flat for me, my overall enjoyment of the book was not affected. The Guardian of Empire City series has become one of my favorites and I can’t wait for the next entry.
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Review: The World Maker Parable (Adjacent Monsters #1) by Luke Tarzian
Rhona is a faithful servant of the country Jémoon and a woman in love. Everything changes when her beloved sets the ravenous Vulture goddess loose upon the land. Forced to execute the woman she loves for committing treason, Rhona discovers a profound correlation between morality and truth. A connection that might save her people or annihilate them all…
Review: The World Maker Parable (Adjacent Monsters #1) by Luke Tarzian
Having read Tarzian’s freshman effort, I thought I had an idea of what to expect going into this one, a dark and twisted, mind-bending examination of the human psyche. And, to be fair, that’s mostly what I found. What surprised me, however, is how intimately I connected with the “parable” within.
Review: Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods #1) by Zamil Akhtar
I first noticed this book a while back when I spotted the cover on Twitter. Who can blame me, right? It’s astounding and really sets up the tone of the whole book. Gunmetal Gods is pretty dark and fairly bleak at that. But, it works. This is a tale of grief, revenge, ambition, religious zealotry, and rage. It’s a military fantasy based on Middle Eastern history, especially that of the Ottoman Empire and the Crusades, with a distinctly Lovecraftian twist.
SPFBO 7 Interview: R.E. Fury
Hello everyone and welcome to our latest author interview for the 7th annual Self Published Fantasy Blog Off! I’ve been working on reaching out to each of the authors who have landed in our batch of books for the competition to see if they would be interested in being interviewed or contributing a guest article in an attempt to drum up a little extra excitement for their book and (hopefully) get to know them a bit better.
SPFBO 7 Interview: Shane Scott
SPFBO 7 Interview: Kim Alexander
Blogger Chat – Nick Borrelli – Out of This World SFF
SPFBO Guest Post: Tip-Toeing Around the Castle by Randall P. Girdner
Review: Rise of the Ranger (The Echoes Saga #1) by Philip C Quaintrell
You know those movies that don’t really have a ton of substance, but they are just so dang entertaining and fun that you love them anyway? In a nutshell, that was my experience with Rise of the Ranger.
SPFBO 7 Interview: W.V. Fitz-Simon
Guest Post: An Altar on the Village Green and Video Game Inspiration by Nathan Hall
In An Altar on the Village Green, our narrator, granted by their god the power to respawn on death, journeys to a land that has fallen into supernatural Horror. They will either free those trapped in a cycle of madness and death, or join them forever.