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Category Archives: Fantasy
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
The latest entry in Terry Pratchett’s sprawling Discworld series, Raising Steam, is an example of what I call the “innovation” series-within-the-series. Just like there are sets of books that focus on specific characters and areas of the Discworld, there’s an … Continue reading
The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
Last year’s A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan was a pleasant surprise for me: the first volume of the fictional memoirs of Isabella, Lady Trent, who some thought to be a mere “ink-nosed girl” at the time of … Continue reading
Irenicon by Aidan Harte
The city of Rasenna is divided, in more than one sense of the word. Geographically speaking, the city is split in two by the river Irenicon, which was blasted straight through the middle of the ancient city using Wave technology, … Continue reading
Truth and Fear by Peter Higgins
Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins (review) was one of last year’s strongest debuts, a unique dystopian fantasy set in an alternate Stalin-era USSR with Russian mythological elements and vague hints of something science fictional happening out in space. The story of … Continue reading
Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories by Adam-Troy Castro
I came to the works of Adam-Troy Castro quite late. Specifically, the first story I remember of his is “Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs” in the excellent dystopian anthology Brave New Worlds, edited by John … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Adam-Troy Castro, Prime Books
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The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron
Despite some minor misgivings, I absolutely loved Miles Cameron’s debut fantasy novel The Red Knight, the gritty and stirring story of a mercenary company, led by the titular Red Knight, who gets drawn into an epic battle that turns out to … Continue reading
The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski (reviewed with Liz Bourke)
Kestrel is the daughter of General Trajan, the Valorian general who conquered the Herran peninsula and enslaved its people. She leads a comfortable, even pampered life in the subjugated Herrani capital. Her real love is music, but with her eighteenth … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Young Adult
Tagged Farrar Straus and Giroux, Marie Rutkoski
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A Natural History Of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Marie Brennan’s A Natural History of Dragons is presented as the (fictional) memoir of Isabella, Lady Trent, who is the world’s preeminent authority on dragons. In these pages, Lady Trent looks back on her early life and career from the … Continue reading
Dreamwalker by C.S. Friedman
There are two unusual things about Jessica (“Jesse”) Drake, the teenage protagonist of Dreamwalker, C.S. Friedman’s first foray into Young Adult fiction and the start of what’s billed as a new, “open-ended” series. First of all, Jesse has bizarre dreams … Continue reading
Arcanum by Simon Morden
What happens when the magic goes away? More specifically, what happens when a small but strategically located region that has relied on its hexmasters for centuries is forced to deal with the sudden disappearance of its all-powerful magic? Simon Morden … Continue reading
Far Beyond Reality 