Petrichor


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By: Melanie ReesPublisher: Hague PublishingGenre: YA Fantasy Content Warning: Suicide Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. Petrichor is a beautiful book that packs in fantasy, family relationships, love, and loss. It has been years since it has rained and Clayton, a young boy, and his family are trying to make ends […]

October 14, 2021

Derrick Smythe: The Other Way; Passage to Dawn #2


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The Other Way by Derrick Smythe Series: Passage to Dawn (#2) Publication Date: November 8, 2021 Genre: Epic Fantasy Book Cover Art: Alexandre Rito (https://www.designbookcover.pt/en/about/) BOOK BLURB The award-winning series continues in Book 2, The Other Way! The Empire continues to lay waste to all who stand in their way… Kibure’s captors are willing to teach […]

October 4, 2021

Dan Fitzgerald: The Living Waters


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Series: The Weirdwater Confluence (#1)Published: October 15, 2021 by Shadow Spark PublishingGenre: Sword-free Fantasy BOOK INFORMATION Book Cover Illustration: Karkki AKA KittensartbooksTwitter: https://twitter.com/kittensartsboo1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kittensartbooks/ Book Cover Design: Jessica Moon of Shadow Spark PublishingTwitter:  https://twitter.com/jhlmoon BOOK SUMMARY When two painted-faced nobles take a guided raft trip on a muddy river, they expect to rough it for […]

September 15, 2021

Jeffrey Speight: Paladin Unbound


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ABOUT THE AUTHORJeffrey Speight’s love of fantasy goes back to an early childhood viewing of the cartoon version of The Hobbit, when he first met an unsuspecting halfling that would change Middle Earth forever. Finding his own adventuring party in middle school, Jeff became an avid Dungeons & Dragons player and found a passion for […]

September 14, 2021

The Other Magic: Passage to Dawn Book 1


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By: Derrick Smythe Genre: Epic Fantasy Publisher: Derrick Smythe CONTENT WARNING: Slavery If this is Derrick Smythe’s debut novel, I am very much looking forward to what he has in store for the rest of this series. Mr. Smyth’s novel is more than impressive in prose, character development, world building, magic systems and an overall […]

September 12, 2021

Trudie Skies: The Thirteenth Hour


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The beautiful cover of Trudie Skies new novel, The Thirteenth Hour, The Cruel Gods (#1) Series: The Cruel Gods (#1) Published: October 13, 2021 Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy BOOK INFORMATION Book Cover Illustration: James T. Egan of Bookfly Design (https://www.bookflydesign.com/) Map Design: Soraya Corcoran (https://sorayacorcoran.com/) Character Art: Seraphim (https://seraphimistic.carrd.co/) Order on Amazon BOOK SUMMARY Cruel gods rule the […]

September 6, 2021

Among Thieves


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By: M. J. Kuhn Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Saga Press With a strong female protagonist, Ryia Cautella, Among Thieves is a unique and fantastic debut fantasy novel by M.J. Kuhn. The action starts from page one and doesn’t let up until the last page. The story takes place in Carrowick, a part of Thamorr. Each part […]

September 6, 2021

Blood of the Spear, Book One of the Eye of Eternity


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By: Mark Timmony Genre: Epic Fantasy Publisher: Self-Published CONTENT WARNING: Substance Abuse (mentioned), Bullying, Gore, Violence, Human trafficking Blood of the Spear is an excellent epic fantasy debut novel from Mark Timmony. He has all the ingredients: well-developed characters, excellent world building, different magic systems and plenty of action. Mix them all together, and Blood […]

August 29, 2021

Zack Argyle: The Threadlight Series


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Books: The Threadlight Series: Voice of War, Book 1; Stones of Light, Book 2 About the Author: Zack Argyle lives just outside of Seattle, WA, USA, with his wife and two children. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and works full-time as a software engineer. He is the winner of the Indies Today Best […]

August 19, 2021

The Splinter King: The God-King Chronicles #2


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By: Mike Brooks Genre: Epic Fantasy Publisher: Solaris Books THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BLACK COAST!! CONTENT WARNING: Some violence and gore The Splinter King is the second in the series, the God-King Chronicles, continuing the story right where The Black Coast left off. In this second entry in the […]

August 14, 2021