Tag: Gollancz
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The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Sanderson’s Laws of Magic. Those four words right there are one of two main reasons I’ve shied away from reading anything by Brandon Sanderson until now ... -
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
As a born-and-bred northerner, I’ll admit I had doubts about how much I’d enjoy a book based entirely around the life and culture of London . ... -
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt of Rivia is a witcher: a man who has suffered through years of gruelling training and exposure to terrible alchemic mutations in order to become ... -
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries. The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a 150-page adventure with Auri, a minor character from the ... -
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Logen Ninefingers and Sand dan Glokta are two of my favourite fictional characters ever, and re-reading the third instalment ... -
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
MICHAEL EVEREST SAYS . . . Joe Abercrombie’s Before They Are Hanged is the sequel to his debut novel ‘The Blade Itself’, and the second book ... -
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
MICHAEL EVEREST SAYS . . . A barbarian, a torturer and a nobleman walk into a bar…sounds like the start to a bad joke? Wrong. It’s ... -
The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas
I was a little sceptical going into The Adamantine Palace, largely because it’s hard to believe that a fantasy series about dragons is capable of doing anything that ...