By: Anthony Ryan Genre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books Content Warning: Gore, violence, torture. There will be spoilers for The Pariah and The Martyr “What do you know of the Malecite, Alwyn?…They are the wellspring of evil in the world, I said…I stared at him, baffled but also fearful, refusing to prompt him further, but he […]
By: Richard Swan Genre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books WARNING: There will be spoilers for The Justice of Kings “I was surprised by Vonvalt’s anger…To see him now, trembling with fury – well, frankly, it frightened me. It was a side of Vonvalt I did not see often.”Richard Swan, The Tyranny of Faith The Tyranny of […]
By: Claire NorthGenre: Fantasy, Fiction/Modern & Contemporary FictionPublisher: Orbit Books “Follow me through the halls of the palace of Odysseus; Follow to hear the stories that the men-poets of greedy kings do not tell.” Claire North, Ithaca Claire North’s Ithaca is an incredible telling of the tale of Penelope as she awaits the return of […]
By: Jon SkovronGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books WARNING: There will be spoilers for The Ranger of Marzana & The Queen of Izmoroz The Wizard of Eventide is the third and final book in Jon Skovron’s epic fantasy series, The Goddess of War. I found it on par with the first book, and throughout the series […]
By: Jon SkovronGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books WARNING: There will be spoilers for The Ranger of Marzana The Queen of Izmoroz is the second book in Jon Skovron epic fantasy series, The Goddess of War. While it was better, it still was lacking in drawing me into the story. The characters are, for the most […]
By: Jon SkovronGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books I was drawn the The Ranger of Marzana because I love stories of rangers. If were ever to pick a fantasy character I could be, it would always be ranger. The cover of the book is gorgeous, and the summary was very promising. There is LBGTQIA representation, and […]
By: Megan Bannen Genre: Romantic Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Books “Oh. It’s you,” She said, the words and the unenthusiastic tone that went with them dropping of her tongue like a dead weight…“Most people start with hello.”“Hello, Hart-ache,” she sighed.“Hello, Merciless.” He gave her a thin, venomous smile as he took in her oddly disheveled appearance.”Megan […]
By: Tasha SuriGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: Orbit Books THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FOR THE JASMINE THRONE “Malini should not write it, she knew.But she wanted to.I have looked upon the ocean, she wrote. And it made me recall the tale of a river. And of fish, searching for a new world on its bank.And I remember […]
By: Mary McMyne Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Books “Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.” Hans Christian Andersen What exactly is a “fairy tale”? According to the dictionary it is a “story (as for children) involving fantastic forces and beings (such as fairies, wizards, […]
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 […]