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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding
It’s been a year since I read the first Ketty Jay novel, Retribution Falls, and to be honest I can barely remember a thing about it. I re-read ... -
John Dies at the End by David Wong
This book has been on my radar for a while, and when I saw it in a charity chop for £2 I had to ... -
5 Reasons to Read ‘The Faithful and the Fallen’
Have you ever found yourself ambling around your local bookstore, mumbling as you search the shelves for something – anything – that will fulfil ... -
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks’ Night Angel trilogy left me underwhelmed with the way things were concluded, and with the trilogy in general. Some of the characters were great, ... -
Interview with Ben Galley (2017)
Ben Galley is an award-winning fantasy author from the UK. He is the author of the epic Emaneska Series, the weird-west Scarlet Star Trilogy ... -
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
“Tough to be young or old in this Valley of ours.” The night is dark and full of terrors, especially for the besieged inhabitants ...