By: Anthony Ryan Genre: Epic Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Books Content Warning: Gore, violence, torture. There will be spoilers for The Pariah Martyr: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle The Martyr is the second book in Anthony Ryan’s brilliant Covenant of Steel series. It picks […]
By: Mike BrooksGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books WARNING: There will be spoilers if you have not read the books The Black Coast and The Splinter King are the first two books in Mike Brooks’ trilogy, The God-King Chronicles. It is a perfect epic fantasy read for Pride Month, and if you are looking for LBGTQ+ […]
By: Ken Liu Genre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Gallery Books/Saga Press WARNING: There will be spoilers for the previous books in the series “Thera said nothing. She stilled her heart and opened her senses, to the intense carmine glow of the berries, the woodsy fragrance of the mushrooms, to the distant song of an answer-me-now, to the […]
By: Hannah Whitten Genre: Epic/Dark Fantasy (for adults) Publisher: Orbit Books WARNING: There will be spoilers for For the Wolf The First Daughter is for the ThroneThe Second Daughter is for the WolfAnd the Wolves are for the Wilderwood.”Hannah Whitten, For the Wolf For the Throne is Hannah Whitten’s follow-up to her brilliant debut fantasy, […]
By: Chelsea AbdullahGenre: FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books “…But our faith need not be so twisted.Remember, Layla, not all jinn are evil.Loulie had buried many things since her mother last told her that story.Her name. Her past. Her parents.But the story, she had never forgotten.” Chelsea Abdullah, The Stardust Thief It would be hard for you to […]
By: Allegra Pescatore Genre: Gaslamp/Epic Fantasy Publisher: AO Collective Publishing Content/Trigger Warnings:Shown on page: Ableism; Child abduction (described briefly, non-graphic); Drug use (medically necessary); Torture, including mild gore Alluded to: Sexual assault (assumed, not actual); A culture with mild” Sexism & Racism; Infidelity Where Shadows Lie, by Allegra Pescatore, is an excellent epic fantasy brimming […]
By: Derrick Smythe Genre: Epic Fantasy Publisher: Derrick Smythe To Wield a Plague is a wonderful companion novella to Derrick Smyth’s Passage to Dawn Series. It focuses on the character Dwapek, who we meet as one of the instructors at the University in Brinkwell in The Other Magic and The Other Way. He is a […]
By: Jenn Lyons Genre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Macmillan/TOR-forge WARNING: There will be spoilers for the first 4 books of A Chorus of Dragons “Khirin had work to do and a last game to run. The stakes were everything, the odds were grim, and there would be no second chances. His opponents were both geniuses who wanted […]
By: Rebecca RoanhorseGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Gallery/Saga Press WARNING: There will be spoilers for Black Sun Serapio didn’t die as he was prophesized to do so by killing Naranpa, the Sun God during the Convergence. Since he did not fulfill his destiny, he lives, as does Naranpa. What will become of Meridian and the city of […]
By: John Gwynne Genre: Norse FantasyPublisher: Orbit/Hachette Book Group WARNING: There will be spoilers for The Shadow of the Gods Just when I thought a sequel cannot possibly be any better than a five-star review of the first book, John Gwynne does it by creating a brilliant, gut-wrenching Book 2 of the Bloodsworn Trilogy, The […]