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The Hive’s latest GRIMDARK FANTASY book reviews!


  • The True Bastards (Lot Lands) by Jonathan French
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    By Nils Shukla
    October 25, 2019
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    THE TRUE BASTARDS by Jonathan French (Book Review)

    ‘The Lot Lands shaped you, and often its molding hands were cruel. But any form that survived its touch was one better suited to endure its ...
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  • Smoke and Stone (City of Sacrifice) by Michael R. Fletcher
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    By Charlie Hopkins
    October 15, 2019
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    SMOKE AND STONE by Michael R. Fletcher (Book Review)

    The Last War is something of a misnomer. Dozens of wars were fought after the birth of Bastion, as those surviving gods battled for supremacy. This ...
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  • We Are The Dead (The Last War) by Mike Shackle (Image by Nils Shukla)
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    By Nils Shukla
    September 11, 2019
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    WE ARE THE DEAD by Mike Shackle (Book Review)

    A flick of his fingers and the knife was an inch away from her eye. ‘You should never make fun of a man with a knife.’ ...
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  • Bloodchild (Godblind) by Anna Stephens
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    By Mike Everest Evans
    August 22, 2019
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    BLOODCHILD by Anna Stephens (Book Review)

    The Good: Everything. Seriously. *SPOILERS* The Bad: IT GAVE ME FEELINGS – I DO NOT LIKE FEELING FEELINGS. The Ugly Truth: THIS. IS. HOW. YOU. END. ...
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  • We Are The Dead (The Last War) by Mike Shackle
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    By Mike Everest Evans
    August 18, 2019
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    WE ARE THE DEAD by Mike Shackle (Book Review)

    The Good: A pull-no-punches account of the realities of war, complete with a cast of humans (key point: not heroes) whose efforts will likely fail, but ...
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  • Empires of Dust by Anna Smith Spark
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    By T.O. Munro
    August 6, 2019
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    THE HOUSE OF SACRIFICE by Anna Smith Spark (Book Review)

    The concluding volume in Anna Smith Spark’s epic and dark debut trilogy rejoins our anti-hero Marith Altrersyr  some four years after the events of The Tower ...
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  • The Chasing Graves Trilogy by Ben Galley
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    By Dorian Hart
    July 30, 2019
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    The CHASING GRAVES Trilogy by Ben Galley (Series Review)

    I was quite impressed with Galley’s standalone fantasy The Heart of Stone, so I had high expectations for the Chasing Graves trilogy.  I’m happy to say that ...
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  • A Ritual of Bone (Dead Sagas) by Lee C. Conley
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    By Nils Shukla
    July 25, 2019
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    A RITUAL OF BONE by Lee C. Conley (Book Review)

    ‘Ghostly whispers filled the air around them, the voices of many. The skeleton held there a few moments. Then it collapsed with a crunch, bones clattering ...
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  • Priest of Lies (War For The Rose Throne) by Peter McLean
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    By Charlie Hopkins
    July 17, 2019
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    PRIEST OF LIES by Peter McLean (Book Review)

    Priest of Lies by Peter McLean is a great follow up to Priest of Bones that drags our protagonist deeper into the mired politics of Ellinburg, ...
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  • Ravencry (Raven's Mark) by Ed McDonald (Fantasy Hive Featured Image)
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    By Mike Everest Evans
    July 3, 2019
    725
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    RAVENCRY by Ed McDonald (Book Review)

    The Good: Compelling characters (and creatures!), plot twists aplenty, and a return to one of the most nightmarish landscapes in fantasy, this time cranked up on ...
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