REVIEW: A War to End All by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton Snyder
Eight years after the publishing world gifted us with the magnificent Beyond Redemption and six years after The Mirror’s Truth, we finally have Michael R Fletcher’s conclusion to the Manifest Delusions trilogy. A War...
REVIEW: The Wolf Among Us
The Wolf Among Us is, in my opinion, Telltale’s best game. This is a controversial opinion because most people tend to point to The Walking Dead as the best game. It’s a close tie but...
REVIEW: The Sun’s Devices by Rebecca Levene
The Sun’s Devices by Rebecca Levene tangents from what came before it. If Smiler’s Fair and The Hunter’s Kind were a mirrored duo, then the themes, tone, and focus of the third book in...
REVIEW: Grim Hollow: The Campaign Guide by Ghostfire Gaming
If your Dungeons and Dragons group is keen on darker, gritier adventures, Ghostfire Gaming’s Grim Hollow: The Campaign Guide might be the book for them. Set in Etharis, a land ravaged by plague, violent...
REVIEW: Illborn by Daniel T Jackson
Illborn is the debut novel from author Daniel T Jackson and is published by independent house Matador. The novel is just over seven hundred pages so is a lengthy and enjoyable reading commitment. As...
REVIEW: The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan
In Richard Swan’s new fantasy trilogy, starting with The Justice of Kings, a rich low magic world is brought to life through brilliant characters and their arcs. A mixture of detective work, dark fantasy,...
An interview with Luke Scull, author of The Grim Company
It’s been a while since fans of The Grim Company have been treated to a new novel by this brilliant author. As a massive fan of the trilogy, I was just absolutely stoked to...
Dune is a Sci-fi classic, but is it Grimdark?
Historically, mainstream science fiction blockbusters don’t qualify as Grimdark. They’re marketed at kids, they’re brightly coloured, have jokes that don’t qualify as ‘dark humour’ and the power of hope is a recurring theme. Dune...
REVIEW: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
The Devil All the Time is a harrowing southern gothic-like novel that borders on straight-up horror. Written in 2011 by Donald Ray Pollock, this novel came to my attention due to the impending Netflix...
Review: Dead Man’s Steel by Luke Scull
Dead Man’s Steel concludes Luke Scull‘s thoroughly enjoyable The Grim Company Trilogy in the gritty, hard-as-nails, barnstorming fashion which we’ve come to expect from him. On a grander scale, Dead Man’s Steel is the story...