Yearly Archives: 2017
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The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
“We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges. When soldiers take ... -
Faithless by Graham Austin-King
OVERVIEW: Faithless is Graham Austin King’s second major outing, following on from his debut trilogy Fae: The Riven Wyrd Saga. Faithless, a standalone self-published novel, is a grimdark low-fantasy for fans ... -
Interview with John Gwynne
John Gwynne’s novels have been nominated within all three categories at the David Gemmell Legend Awards. Book one, Malice, won the Morningstar Award for Best Debut ... -
Wrath by John Gwynne
Warning: this review contains spoilers for those who haven’t yet read Malice, Valour and Ruin! Since 2012, John Gwynne has been promising us that ‘even the ... -
Ruin by John Gwynne
It’s not often that I care enough about a book to feel physically sick with nerves as I turn the pages, waiting to see what will ... -
Valour by John Gwynne
KAREEM MAHFOUZ SAYS . . . So often you read a great book that leaves you thinking, ‘how the hell did he/she do it?’ I think ... -
Interview with Marc Turner
Marc Turner is the author of the epic fantasy series The Chronicles of the Exile. I had the pleasure of interviewing him for Fantasy-Faction to celebrate ... -
The Iron Ship by K. M. McKinley
I started off intending to simply review K. M. McKinley’s steampunk fantasy novel. I was surprised at its relatively low number of Goodreads and Amazon reviews ... -
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Sanderson’s Laws of Magic. Those four words right there are one of two main reasons I’ve shied away from reading anything by Brandon Sanderson until now ... -
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
The third Discworld novel waves farewell to Rincewind and Twoflower, and introduces us instead to one of the most popular recurring characters of the series: Granny Weatherwax. Granny ...
