Grimdark
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THE CRIMSON EMPIRE Trilogy by Alex Marshall (Series Review)
I’ll be honest, I’m a sucker for Grimdark fantasy. Yes, it’s a bit cliche, but I was hooked in by the master of the subgenre himself, ... -
PRIEST OF BONES by Peter McLean (Book Review)
‘We fell upon them like the wrath of Our Lady. A glorious charge, in the light of the rising sun. It sounds so grand. It sounds ... -
SOLACE LOST by Michael Sliter (Book Review)
‘Each man seemed lost in their own thoughts. Perhaps they thought of the battle in the morning, or perhaps the mystery of the compound. Or, maybe ... -
WARRIOR OF THE ALTAII by Robert Jordan (Book Review)
‘Our drums began to play again, a battle beat, and the war flutes joined in. The masses of horsemen began to move, rolling forward in a ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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.’ ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ...