Brian Staveley answers Ten Terrifying Questions

Brian kindly answered these questions for my last SF & F Buzz from Booktopia (you can sign up for the monthly Buzz edited by moi here) and just in case you missed I am pimping it. 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? […]

The Emperor’s Blades – a review

The Emperor’s BladesThe Unhewn Throne Book OneBy Brian Staveley The circle is closing. The stakes are high. And old truths will live again . . . The Emperor has been murdered, leaving the Annurian Empire in turmoil. Now his progeny must bury their grief and prepare to unmask a conspiracy. His son Valyn, training for […]

Moon’s Artifice

Moon’s ArtificeThe Empire of a Hundred Houses: Book OneBy Tom Lloyd In a quiet corner of the Imperial City, Investigator Narin discovers the result of his first potentially lethal mistake. Minutes later he makes a second. After an unremarkable career Narin finally has the chance of promotion to the hallowed ranks of the Lawbringers – […]

The Obsidian Heart – a review

The Obsidian HeartEchoes of Empire Book 2By Mark T. Barnes A plot to overthrow the Shrīanese Federation has been quashed, but the bloody rebellion is far from over…and the struggle to survive is just beginning. Warrior-mage Indris grows weary in his failed attempts to thwart the political machinations of Corajidin, and faces the possibility of […]

The Republic of Thieves: A Review

THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVESThe Gentleman Bastard Sequence Book 3by Scott Lynch After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins the Bonds Magi.It is a […]

The Gardens of Stone, a review.

So back in May I mention the debut of Aussie author Mark T. Barnes. Yes I have been really slack with my blogging – I’ve been working o n my epic 😛 I’ve finally gotten around to reading The Garden of Stones. Wow. THE GARDEN OF STONEThe Echoes of Empire: 1By Mark T. Barnes Some […]

The Birth of Legend

Forge of DarknessBy Steven EriksonKharkanas Book One Now is the time to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the stage for all the tales yet to come and all those already told… It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this […]

Debut: The Garden of Stones

The Garden of StonesEchoes of the Empire 1Mark Barnes An uneasy peace has existed since the fall of the Awakened Empire centuries ago. Now the hybrid Avān share the land with the people they once conquered: the star-born humans; the spectral, undead Nomads; and what remains of the Elemental Masters. With the Empress-in-Shadows an estranged […]

Slow Going

This restructure I decided to undertake is playing havoc with my mojo in the rewrites. That and the fact that I didn’t write anywhere near as much as I had planned over my holidays. Anyway I am now at 67% rewritten – and  good chunk of the ‘new’ chapters I have just worked on will need more […]

Where’s the next book? And a Review

So James Rollins aka James Clemens, has another new book out –The Blood Gospel. And yet there is still no sign of the next James Clemens book in the Godslayer Chronicles. Much like there is no sign of the next book in Eric van Lustbader’s Saga of the Pearl series. James Clemen’s with his Wit’ch […]