Monthly Archives: April 2016

Bookshelf: Son of the Black Sword

Posted on April 29, 2016 by David

Larry Correia takes a turn away from guns and monsters (which are awesome) toward India-inspired epic fantasy heavy with prophecy, curses, dynastic politics, oaths, demons, and chivalric orders. This is great stuff. Son of the Black Sword tells the story … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: Terra Incognita

Posted on April 25, 2016 by David

The Edge of the World is book one of Kevin J. Anderson’s Terra Incognita trilogy. The trilogy is set in a Byzantium / Crusades style world, immediately putting itself beyond the herd of faux-Europe off-the-shelf fantasies. Anderson’s world is dominated by two … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: The Seer

Posted on April 13, 2016 by David

The Seer is a gripping epic fantasy novel about the curse of talent and the overreaching of power. Sonia Orin Lyris’s debut novel The Seer follows young Amarta, who has a limited ability to see the future. The future is … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: Dandelion Iron

Posted on April 11, 2016 by David

YA literature has been exploding in recent years, but in all its eccentric fecundity, it’s never seen this before: post-apocalyptic all-girl cattle drive. In 2058, the Juniper—that part of North America that used to be Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, … Continue reading →

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City of the Saints in the Humble Bundle!

Posted on April 7, 2016 by David

The year is 1859. US Army agent Sam Clemens rides west in his amphibious steam-truck, the Jim Smiley. His mission is to get the unruly Kingdom of Deseret, with its air-ships and its rumored phlogiston guns, into the looming conflict … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: The Nymphos of Rocky Flats

Posted on April 6, 2016 by David

The Nymphos of Rocky Flats is the only vampire novel ever de-classified by the Department of Energy. In looking at the Amazon reviews as I write this, I see a few complaints about the title. I’m not sure why — the … Continue reading →