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Threading the Labyrinth by Tiffani Angus – Book Review
Threading the Labyrinth is an unusual work of fantasy fiction. The simplest handle on it might be to say that it is like a grown-up development ... -
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY by K. J. Parker (Book Review)
Sometimes I adore an audio book, and it’s hard for me to tell how much of my enjoyment stems from the narration, and how much from ... -
CAMELOT by Giles Kristian (Book Review)
‘We were ghosts. Spirit walkers stalking through a night haunted by bat and fox, badger and polecat and, now and then, the blood-stilling shriek of an ... -
BY FORCE ALONE by Lavie Tidhar (Book Review)
“Arthur stalks off. He doesn’t build, he doesn’t read, he wields a sword and kills without compunction and therefore he is king. And he will take ... -
TRIGGERNOMETRY by Stark Holborn (Book Review)
Triggernometry is a novella about outlaws in the old west getting together for one last big score. Outlaws who are also mathematicians. Mathematicians who are outlaws ... -
THE DEEP by Alma Katsu (Book Review)
Someone, or something, is haunting the Titanic. This is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the passengers of the ship from ... -
LANCELOT by Giles Kristian (Book Review)
‘I feel like a ghost myself. A soul lingering long after the body has been given to the flame or earth. Seeking all that it has ... -
THE GOLDEN KEY by Marian Womack (Book Review)
‘But then, it is not that simple, is it, Miss Walton? What is the truth?’ ‘What do you mean? The truth is the truth.’ ‘Really? What ... -
THE PURSUIT OF WILLIAM ABBEY by Claire North (Book Review)
‘The Great War had been coming for such a long time. It was born in the hearts of our ruling men the day they were held ... -
CARVED FROM STONE AND DREAM by T. Frohock (Book Review)
This is the fifth story in Teresa Frohock’s Los Nefilim series, though it’s the second that is a more conventional full novel length, rather than the ...
