Yearly Archives: 2017
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The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley
I have to admit, I very nearly didn’t make it past the first 100 pages of The Emperor’s Blades. An intriguing prologue and opening chapter were quickly followed ... -
Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
I’m not generally a huge fan of paranormal fiction, but Red Moon – a dystopian, post-apocalyptic horror-thriller – isn’t half bad. Set in something close to the present-day ... -
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
This is an exceedingly rich book. A depth of imagination married with a poetic turn of phrase and an engaging cast of characters (both those we ... -
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic is the first book in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, a series currently comprised of around 40 novels and still going strong. The series is fantastic ... -
The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis
I was persuaded to read the first Milkweed novel, Bitter Seeds, a while ago, and although I found it a decent read it left me sceptical as to where ... -
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
Bitter Seeds is the first book in Ian Tregillis’ Milkweed Triptych, and tells of an attempt to uncover and foil a covert and mysterious Nazi operation during World War ... -
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
Wow. I opened this book prepared to be disappointed: I knew it had received literally thousands of perfect scores on Amazon and Goodreads, and was somehow ... -
The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks’ Lightbringer series was one of my favourite discoveries of 2013. The second book in the series, The Blinding Knife, won that year’s Legend award, and for very ... -
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
Back in 2013, The Blinding Knife beat King of Thorns and Red Country to win the Gemmell Legend award. Since Joe Abercrombie is one of my favourite authors and Mark Lawrence’s King of ... -
Suldrun’s Garden by Jack Vance
I’ve had a very mixed experience with this book, which wasn’t entirely unexpected given that I’d heard glowing reviews about it from some people and less-than-glowing ...
