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Magisterium: The Iron Trial by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black : Review
From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a riveting new series that defies what you think you know about the world of magic. From two bestselling superstars, a…
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Compilation of ALS Ice Bucket Challenges Completed by authors
For those who have been living under a rock for the past week or so, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a challenge to dump a bucket of ice on yourself. Once you’ve…
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Shifting Shadows: Stories From the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs : Review
Mercy Thompson’s world just got a whole lot bigger… Normally I am not a big fan of anthologies as I find myself unable to enjoy them when one story ends just as it…
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Congratulations to the 2014 Hugo Award Winners!
From the Hugo Awards website: The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, Loncon 3, has announced the 2014 Hugo Award winners. 3587 valid ballots were received and counted in the final ballot. BEST…
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Black Out by Tim Curran : Review
In the midst of a beautiful summer, in a perfectly American suburban middle-class neighborhood, a faraway evil is lurking, waiting to strike the unsuspecting residents. First come the flashing lights, then the heavy…
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Mercury Revolts by Robert Kroese : Review
After a lowly software tester named Suzy Cilbrith uncovers evidence of a vast government conspiracy, she turns to a fringe reporter named Eddie Pratt for help. Far from dismissing her wild claims, Eddie…
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Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb : Review
FitzChivalry—royal bastard and former king’s assassin—has left his life of intrigue behind. As far as the rest of the world knows, FitzChivalry Farseer is dead and buried. Masquerading as Tom Badgerlock, Fitz is…
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Half a King (Shattered Sea #1) by Joe Abercrombie : Review
“I swore an oath to avenge the death of my father. I may be half a man, but I swore a whole oath.” Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never…
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The House of the Four Winds by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory : Review
The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince’s future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes. Disguising herself as Clarence, a sailor, Princess…
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Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: The Jedi Doth Return, by Ian Doescher
Once more unto the Death Star, dear friends! The epic trilogy that began with William Shakespeare’s Star Wars and continued with The Empire Striketh Back concludes herein with the all-new, all-iambic The Jedi Doth Return — perchance the…
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Elderwood Manor by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes : Review
Things fall apart—Bruce Davenport knows this all too well. On the heels of his wife’s death, laid-off and penniless with an eviction notice on the door, the only thing left for him and…
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The Exiled by William Meikle : Review
When several young girls are abducted from various locations in Edinburgh, Detective John Granger and his brother Alan, a reporter, investigate the cases from different directions. The abductor is cunning, always one step…
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The Wurms of Blearmoth by Steven Erikson: Review
Tyranny comes in many guises, and tyrants thrive in palaces and one-room hovels, in back alleys and playgrounds. Tyrants abound on the verges of civilization, where disorder frays the rule of civil conduct…
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Relic of Death by David Bernstein : Review
When two mob enforcers take care of a hit in the suburban countryside, they stumble onto a seemingly abandoned house. While searching the place, they find a simple leather briefcase full of what…
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Magic City: Recent Spells edited by Paula Guran : Review
Bright lights, big city… magic spells, witchcraft, wizardry, fairies, devilry, and more. Urban living, at least in fantasy fiction, is full of both magical wonder and dark enchantment. Street kids may have supernatural…
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My interview with Patricia Briggs
First off — I would like to apologize. I conducted this interview back in April, the same weekend as the Steven Erikson one. I’ve been out of the country, and haven’t really had…
