Australian author Joel Shepherd came to my attention via his excellent current fantasy series, A TRIAL OF BLOOD AND STEEL, which I was so impressed by that I decided to check out his earlier novels. Crossover is the first novel in his CASSANDRA KRESNOV trilogy, and was also his first published book, back in 2001 in Australia. The series is now also in print in the US thanks to Pyr, with lovely and evocative cover illustrations by Stephen Martiniere.
April 9th, 2010. Stefan Raets´s rating: 4 | Joel Shepherd | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Edge of Ruin by Melinda Snodgrass
The Edge of Ruin (2010) is a direct sequel to The Edge of Reason, an excellent present-day fantasy novel by Melinda Snodgrass in which Chtulhu-esque beings use religion to generate emotions like fear and anger, enabling them to enter our dimension. It’s an unusual and original concept that led to a fascinating novel.
Unfortunately The Edge of Ruin is not quite as strong as the first novel in the EDGE series.
April 9th, 2010. Stefan Raets´s rating: 2.5 | Melinda Snodgrass | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
After the five-part Chronicles of Prydain came to a close, fans of the series requested more stories from Lloyd Alexander, and he obliged with this anthology. There are eight short stories in all, set in Alexander’s Welsh-inspired land of Prydain in the time before our favourite Assistant Pig-Keeper was born, and each one includes familiar characters or legendary circumstances from the original books. In particular, many of the tales pit the forces of light and life against the main antagonist of the saga: Arawn,
April 9th, 2010. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 5 | Lloyd Alexander | Children | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
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