Tag: fantasy
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7 Simple Rules for Writing Realistic Combat: GUEST POST by J. P. Harker
Even when reading books in the fantasy genre, few things take me out of a story like a lack of realism. The magic can be fantastical ... -
PALE KINGS by Micah Yongo (Book Review)
In Pale Kings, Micah Yongo picks up from the cliffhanger ending to Lost Gods with Neythan and his miscellaneous collection of friends heading south in search ... -
LOST GODS by Micah Yongo (Book Review)
Micah Yongo delivers an accomplished debut with this epic immersive fantasy. Lost Gods manages to convey a sweeping majestic world and yet still anchor the tale ... -
THE SWORD OF KAIGEN by M.L. Wang (Book Review)
“I know you might feel broken, but we’re jijakalu. We’re water, and water can shift to fit any mold. No matter how we’re broken and reshaped, ... -
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 ... -
Adrift in the Middle Kingdom by J. Slauerhoff (Translated by David McKay)
“There is no better place on earth to live for a man tormented by his fate and threatened by those demons, like you. Try never to ... -
THE DRAGONS OF BABEL by Michael Swanwick (Book Review)
“We high-elven are like bubbles which, rising, dissolve before reaching the surface. Our power is spiritual in essence and so as we gain strength our attachment ... -
The CHASING GRAVES Trilogy by Ben Galley (Series Review)
I was quite impressed with Galley’s standalone fantasy The Heart of Stone, so I had high expectations for the Chasing Graves trilogy. I’m happy to say that ... -
A RITUAL OF BONE by Lee C. Conley (Book Review)
‘Ghostly whispers filled the air around them, the voices of many. The skeleton held there a few moments. Then it collapsed with a crunch, bones clattering ... -
THE RAGE OF DRAGONS by Evan Winter (Book Review)
The Good: The titular dragons aren’t the only things that come raging out of the pages thanks to the triple-threat of people, ‘places’ and plot, making ...
