Tag: fantasy
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Interview with Anna Smith Spark (A WOMAN OF THE SWORD)
Anna Smith Spark is the author of the critically acclaimed grimdark epic fantasy trilogy Empires of Dust described by The Sunday Times as ‘Game of Literary Thrones … ... -
THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER by H. G. Parry (BOOK REVIEW)
Long ago bright, luminous magic poured freely through schisms around the world, in the shadows mages roamed in their numbers secretly bringing miracles to those who ... -
INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE by Emma Törzs (BOOK REVIEW)
“Blood. Herbs. Somebody here had a book. Somebody here was doing magic.” Emma Törzs seamlessly meshes together fantasy, thriller and dark academia to bring us ... -
THE UNKNOWN: WEIRD WRITINGS, 1900-1937 by Algernon Blackwood, edited by Henry Bartholomew (BOOK REVIEW)
“The signs are sure; for days they have been passing – close down upon the world. The flocks are scattered. There has been tumult – tumult ... -
A WOMAN OF THE SWORD by Anna Smith Spark (Book Review)
A Woman of the Sword is set on the many-nationed continent of Irlast which featured in Smith Spark’s debut Empires of Dust trilogy. That trilogy followed ... -
PERILOUS TIMES by Thomas D. Lee (BOOK REVIEW)
“I can’t keep hoping that somebody else will come long and magically make everything better. It has to be me.” Perilous Times is Thomas D. ... -
THE TYRANNY OF FAITH by Richard Swan (BOOK REVIEW)
This review may contain minor spoilers for the first book, The Justice of Kings. “Stupidity loves company, whilst wisdom must prepare for a lifetime of solitude.” ... -
A WITCH’S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING A DEMON by Sarah Hawley (BOOK REVIEW)
“Life wasn’t a fairy tale full of true love and redeemed villains. The villains were called that for a reason. Mariel had just never expected her ... -
HEIR OF NOVRON by Michael J. Sullivan (BOOK REVIEW)
This review will contain spoilers for the previous books in this series, Theft of Swords and Rise of Empire. There may also be minor spoilers for ... -
OWLISH by Dorothy Tse, translated by Natascha Bruce (BOOK REVIEW)
Dorothy Tse – Owlish (2020, translated by Natascha Bruce 2023) “He first saw her back, her spine like a giant millipede extending from her coccyx to ...
