Book Reviews
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The Malice by Peter Newman
Peter Newman has followed up his remarkable debut The Vagrant with another exceptional tale: The Malice. In The Vagrant, Newman flouted convention with a present tense story of a protagonist ... -
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Sourcery is the fifth Discworld outing, and also one of my least favourites, although I did find it more entertaining than I remembered. A young but powerful child, Eskarina Coin is ... -
The Rift by Nina Allan
“Remember when we were small, Selena, the worlds we made? I was happy then, at home in the world in a way I’ve never been since. ... -
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
“It’s one thing to say that humanity is ultimately unimportant in the face of the cosmos. It’s another to stand before someone who believes, deep down, ... -
Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan
“Thirty-nine thousand feet above the North Atlantic, Immacolata Sexton surfs the oily waves and troughs of Then, and Now, and What Will Be. The steel thrum ... -
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
She hadn’t loved Randolph Carter. He had been a man like many, so wrapped and rapt in his own story that there was no room for ... -
Nine Parts Bluster (& Other Stories) by A.Z. Anthony
THE GOOD: Excellent characterisation, strong and straight forward plotting, good turn of phrase and witty prose. THE BAD: I wanted more? Not in a ‘bad way’, more that ... -
The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
Writing fantasy fiction is about asking ourselves, ‘What if?’ When writing The Ninth Rain, I imagine Jen Williams asked herself much the same thing. What if Tolkien’s ... -
The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar
A tale of conflict, espionage and superheroes that takes place during some of the major global conflicts of the 1900s, The Violent Century is unlike anything I’ve ... -
The Black Company by Glen Cook
Much like Glen Cook, I’ll get straight to the point. The Black Company is compellingly narrated through a single PoV. Croaker is a physician and annalist working for a ...
