https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_MExqxvyY I delight in the way in which time travel paradox is rendered across the 173 pages of Alastair Reynolds' Permafrost. This novella is the kind of read that engulfs you, covers you in a sheet of ice that won't let go until you're well and clear; but I assure you, even with its covers... Continue Reading →
Series: The War Eternal by Rob J. Hayes (#4)Genre: Dark FantasyDisclaimer: Received a copy of this a little before release for review. https://youtu.be/XOl0i-BmGWg What a ride! The first three books of Rob J. Hayes's War Eternal series make for some of my favourite dark fantasy reads. Protagonist Eskara Helsene was many things in those books:... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/E0bqVRouLjo You can read this review here.
Hello, everyone! I've made a video version of my 2020 review of Along the Razor's Edge -- while doing that, I also updated it somewhat. Hindsight is a wonder, once you've read an entire series, isn't it? Expect the rest of the series reviewed within the end of next week! https://youtu.be/BhNRPro3Fys
I found Katherine Buel's A Stranger at the Hearth something of a mixed bag. It is the latest in a vein of retellings that follow in the footsteps of such luminary works of fantasy as The Song of Achilles, this one centered around the legendary figure of Sigurd from Germanic and Norse myth. The source... Continue Reading →
The climax of a multiple volume-long arc can be the bane of an ongoing comic series. It can see characters unravel, the momentum grind to a pitiable slog, the worldbuilding collapse under its own weight. More than a few ongoing series with vast amounts of potential meet this fate. I recall a promising creator-driven series... Continue Reading →
Remember when I said that Killing the Children isn't only horror? Reading this second volume, it's kind of hard not to bonk myself on the head, because the horror elements, my friends, are nothing if not manifold. Let's get this out of the way: Should you pick up the second volume of this comic book?... Continue Reading →
Book 1 review here | Book 2 review here https://youtu.be/18TywmTuv7E Series: The Black Iron Legacy # 3Published by: OrbitGenre: Dark FantasyReview Format: paperbackPurchased Copy. The third novel in the Black Iron Legacy series, The Broken God awakened my slumbering love for dark, heart-wrenching fantasy. Following the Tripartite Armistice that saw Guerdon divided in three influence... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/7KUHU75NvP8 Published by: TORGenre: Science fiction, space operaSeries: The Final Architecture (#2 of many, hopefully)Pages: 593 pagesFormat: paperback The sequel to 2021’s Shards of the Earth was among my most-awaited sci-fi titles of this year. When I read Shards I fell in love with its characters, a mishmash of memorable scoundrels who made for one... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/mdM4S80F-7c Published by: Ace Genre: FantasyPages: 416 pagesFormat: hardcover Endings are damnably hard to nail—especially when the kind we’re talking about is the culmination not just of a trilogy but of disparate elements woven throughout an entire fifteen-book oeuvre. I cannot judge too well on the latter, having read only half of Mark Lawrence’s novels; but... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 