Fiction
Grave Empire – Richard Swan
I immediately downloaded Grave Empire by Richard Swan as soon as I possibly could. His last trilogy, “Empire of the Wolf”, was one of the best fantasy series I have ever read. I did not […]
Genre: Fantasy
Fiction
A Crown So Silver – Lyra Selene
A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene continues the tale of Fia and Irian from A Feather So Black. Both have gone through severe trauma. The question is, will that suffering bring them together or […]
Fiction
The Gods Below – Andrea Stewart
Hakara wants to save her sister. Nothing else matters. The god Kluehnn’s “Restoration” separated them, and Hakara will do anything to get back to Rasha…assuming she’s even alive. Restoration may cause plants to grow, but […]
Fiction
The Fire Within Them – Matthew Ward
Katija feels her soul is deteriorating from the inside out. Omen rot is creeping through her body one inch at a time, starting from her ruined tattoo. Now that she has friends and family, she […]
Fiction
A Feather So Black – Lyra Selene
A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene introduces readers to a new world among an overabundance of “faerie” fantasies. Which, maybe this segment of the genre isn’t my fancy, so perhaps I am not the […]
Academic
The Story of Kullervo – JRR Tolkien (ed. Verlyn Flieger)
The Story of Kullervo is the second of three non-Middle-Earth JRR Tolkien tales to receive a literary overview from noted Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger. Flieger had written several books about Tolkien and Tolkien’s legendarium, including […]
Academic
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun – JRR Tolkien (ed. Verlyn Flieger)
Before Tolkien was the Master of Middle-Earth, he was a humble academic specializing in medieval English literature and philology. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun comes from this non-Middle-Earth academic side of Tolkien merging with […]
Fiction
The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown
Based off The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown will be a writer to watch. The novel opens up readers to a world of Gareth’s imagination, one page at a time. When a customer passes away […]
Fiction
The Trials of Empire – Richard Swan
You know the viral meme from the Titanic film? Of an elderly Rose, saying “It’s been 84 years?” That’s how I felt waiting on The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan. I cannot say this […]
Christy Award
This Dreamer (The Chronicles of the Marked #1) – Sara Watterson
Sara Watterson’s This Dreamer holds the distinction of being the first independently published novel to win a Christy Award. That alone is a huge accomplishment. While the big publishers have the right to just pay […]