

- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Fool's Errand, by Robin Hobb
Reading some authors (Jim Butcher, for example) is like downing a shot: the experience is fast and fiery, with no time to catch your...


- Feb 5, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: The Emperor's Edge, by Lindsay Buroker
Lindsay Buroker is a prolific indie author and co-host of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast. Since I’ve been listening to...


- Dec 12, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay’s Tigana is the best-written fantasy I’ve read in a while. It wasn’t just the prose that got me (although Kay’s phrasing...


- Nov 2, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
It’s hard to do better than Naomi Novik when you want a good historical fantasy. Spinning Silver, her latest offering, is a riff on...


- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
New Release: Knee-Deep in Grit
Like Game of Thrones? Then you should check out Knee-Deep in Grit, a compilation of Grimdark Magazine's first two years of fiction....


- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Assassin's Quest, by Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Quest marks the end of what has become one of my favorite fantasy trilogies. The story picks up where the second...


- Jul 10, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb
I still can’t put my finger on why I like Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy so much. Sure, the magic system is fun. In Royal Assassin, the...


- Jun 2, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Assassin's Apprentice, by Robin Hobb
What if names were designed to be destiny, determining which traits people had and how they acted? And what if you didn’t have a name,...


- Apr 7, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: The Girl with Ghost Eyes, by M. H. Boroson
The Girl with Ghost Eyes might be the first cultural fantasy I’ve read. M. H. Boroson’s novel is packed with plenty of history too. The...


- Mar 14, 2018
- 3 min
Book Review: The Dark Tower, by Stephen King
And so at last we come to The Dark Tower, the final book in Stephen King’s series of the same name (the long tale he’s said is his Lord...