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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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New Release: The Battle Dancer
The Battle Dancer is out! It's a quick read—only 14,000 words or so. The first scene is below. Enjoy! ---- As recently as six months...
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Pre-order: The Battle Dancer
My novella The Battle Dancer is available for pre-order! It's a bit of an odd bird—I built it from some of the 70,000 or so words I cut...
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Book Review: The Master Magician, by Charlie Holmberg
Charlie Holmberg’s Paper Magician series has a lot going for it. The magic system is great: magicians have to bond to a specific manmade...
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Book Review: Song of Susannah, by Stephen King
Song of Susannah is my favorite of Stephen King’s Dark Tower books so far. There are several reasons. For one thing, King picks up right...
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Book Review: Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
Although Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys is set in the same world as his American Gods and shares a common (minor) character, that’s about as...
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Book Review: Wolves of the Calla, by Stephen King
At this point, I have a good idea what I’m getting into when I pick up one of Stephen King’s Dark Tower novels. The story will wander. It...
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