Posted by Kat Hooper | May 11, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 0
Arrow’s Flight by Mercedes Lackey Arrow’s Flight is the second book in Mercedes Lackey’s VALDEMAR series. It was originally published in 1987 and has just now been produced in audio format by Tantor Audio. In the first VALDEMAR book, Arrows of the Queen, we met Talia, a young girl being raised in a repressive society […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Dec 15, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 0
Servant of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts Note: May contain spoilers for the previous book, Daughter of the Empire. Servant of the Empire (1989) is the second novel of the EMPIRE TRILOGY which is set in Raymond E. Feist’s RIFTWAR world and co-authored by Janny Wurts. This story takes place in […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jul 4, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody I enjoyed the first book in Isobelle Carmody‘s THE OBERNEWTYN CHRONICLES but its follow-up, The Farseekers (1990), was even better. After a nuclear holocaust has destroyed civilization as we know it, leaving only isolated communities and small cities ruled by a totalitarian Council, those born with psychic abilities are known as […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Mar 23, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler Adulthood Rites (1988) is the second book in Octavia Butler’s XENOGENESIS trilogy. It continues the story of Lilith in Dawn (1987), a human woman revived by the alien Oankali centuries after humanity has mostly destroyed itself with nuclear weapons. The Oankali offered humanity a second chance, but at a price […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jan 8, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 3
In Endless Twilight by L.E. Modesitt Jr In Endless Twilight (1988) is the final installment in L.E. Modesitt Jr’s THE FOREVER HERO trilogy. My review will probably contain spoilers for the first two novels, Dawn for a Distant Earth and The Silent Warrior. You need to read them before opening In Endless Twilight. During Dawn […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jan 4, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Silent Warrior by L.E. Modesitt Jr Warning: This review will contain spoilers for the previous book, Dawn for a Distant Earth. The Silent Warrior is the second book in L.E. Modesitt Jr’s FOREVER HERO trilogy. Published in the late 1980s, this series is about a man named Gerswin who grew up in the harsh […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jul 1, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 1
Fiendish Schemes by K.W. Jeter Fiendish Schemes is a recent (2013) sequel to K.W. Jeter’s classic steampunk novel Infernal Devices which I have previously reviewed. Jeter, who inadvertently coined the term “steampunk” and writes in a style similar to his friend James P. Blaylock, is probably an acquired taste. Personally, I love his droll overblown […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Jan 2, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 5
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks The Player of Games (1988) is the second of Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels. Jernau Morat Gurgeh is a famous game player from the protective, machine-run Culture. Like everyone else that lives in the Culture, Gurgeh has never known fear, pain, or greed. He wants little beyond the […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 24, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card Red Prophet is the second book in Orson Scott Card’s THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER, an alternate history set in a frontier America in which folk magic is real. In the first book, Seventh Son, we were introduced to the main protagonist of the series, Alvin Miller who, because […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jul 23, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Wilding by C.S. Friedman To have an enemy worthy of one’s respect… that is a prize beyond measure. What is a lover’s touch compared to such a thing? Love is but weakness shared, trials halved for being met in tandem. While a skilled enemy provides stimulation, challenge, and ultimately growth for all those who […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Nov 7, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Queen of the Summer Stars by Persia Woolley I didn’t plan on reading Queen of the Summer Stars, since I was disappointed with the previous installment, Child of the Northern Spring. But one day I was in an Arthurian mood, saw the last two volumes at the library, and said “Hey, what the heck?” I […]
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Posted by Robert Thompson (RETIRED) | Sep 17, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 2
Stalking the Vampire by Mike Resnick AUTHOR INFORMATION: Mike Resnick has won an impressive 5 Hugo Awards, been nominated for 26 more, and is the all-time award winner — living or dead — for short fiction. He has sold 54 novels, more than 200 short stories, and has also edited 50 anthologies. His work ranges […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jul 19, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Heart of Valor by L.J. Smith Heart of Valor is set a year and a half after the events of the previous book in this two-part series (though both can be read as stand-alone novels), in which four siblings helped the sorceress Morgana Shee prevent the evil sorcerer Cadal Forge from emerging through her magic […]
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