REVIEW: The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan
In The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan, book three of The Empire of the Wolf trilogy, we finally find out what is driving Bartholomew Claver to such great evil. We see the dark...
REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian #5 by Jim Zub (W) and Doug Braithwaite (A)
Conan the Barbarian #5 marks a promising start for the second story arc.
REVIEW: The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror (Volume 4) edited by Paula Guran
I love that time of year when Paula Guran releases her newest volume of The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror. This year’s anthology, officially titled The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror (Volume...
REVIEW: Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle
If you’re like me and love books (almost) as much as physical objects than you do as stories, Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle should be on your to-buy list. A dark academia story about...
Review: The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss returns with The Narrow Road Between Desires, a poignant novella that takes place during the outer framing story of the Kingkiller Chronicle. The Narrow Road Between Desires is told from the perspective...
Review: Until the Last by Mike Shackle
The stakes couldn’t be higher in Until the Last, the final installment of Mike Shackle’s The Last War trilogy, a grimdark military fantasy inspired by real-life stories of resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World...
REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian #4 by Jim Zub (W) and Roberto De La Torre (A)
Our hero is already in dire straits at the opening of Titan Comics’ Conan the Barbarian #4. The struggle between Conan and the high priest of the Black Stone cult has plunged them both...
REVIEW: A Fortress of Grey Ice by J.V. Jones
A Fortress of Grey Ice is the second entry in J.V. Jones’ Sword of Shadows series. The novel is another impressive character-driven epic fantasy, continuing the action that was introduced with A Cavern of...
REVIEW: Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare’s first foray into adult fantasy comes in the form of Sword Catcher, the first book in a planned quartet that follows Kellian, or more affectionately known as Kel, as he is forcefully...
Loud as a Whisper
One of the freeing – and terrifying – things about writing a novel is when the characters take over. In The Darkness Before Them one character in particular made it very, very clear that...