Monthly Archives: December 2017
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Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
My memories of Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy are muzzy. Having read it a solid decade ago the only thing I could remember about the trilogy was that it ... -
Veil of the Deserters by Jeff Salyards
You’ll be pleased to know that I’m not here to bore you with generalised, hyperbolic gushing about how much I’m loving the world of Jeff Salyards’ ... -
Red Tide by Marc Turner
Marc Turner is without doubt one of the most talented fantasy authors to have debuted in recent years. His latest offering, Red Tide, is the thrilling ... -
They Mostly Come Out at Night by Benedict Patrick
I’ve have been desperately enamoured with Benedict Patrick’s debut novel since I first laid eyes on its cover. Jenny Zemanek did such a stellar job of ... -
The Malice by Peter Newman
Peter Newman has followed up his remarkable debut The Vagrant with another exceptional tale: The Malice. In The Vagrant, Newman flouted convention with a present tense story of a protagonist ... -
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Sourcery is the fifth Discworld outing, and also one of my least favourites, although I did find it more entertaining than I remembered. A young but powerful child, Eskarina Coin is ... -
The Rift by Nina Allan
“Remember when we were small, Selena, the worlds we made? I was happy then, at home in the world in a way I’ve never been since. ... -
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
“It’s one thing to say that humanity is ultimately unimportant in the face of the cosmos. It’s another to stand before someone who believes, deep down, ... -
Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan
“Thirty-nine thousand feet above the North Atlantic, Immacolata Sexton surfs the oily waves and troughs of Then, and Now, and What Will Be. The steel thrum ... -
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
She hadn’t loved Randolph Carter. He had been a man like many, so wrapped and rapt in his own story that there was no room for ...
