The High Lord by Trudi Canavan Published in 2003, The High Lord is the action-packed third and final book of Trudi Canavan’s THE BLACK MAGICIAN trilogy. In The High Lord, Canavan brings us back to Sonea’s troubles and her “capture” by Akkarin, the High Lord of the Magician’s Guild. It’s hinted throughout book two, The Novice, […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jan 11, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Oracle’s Queen by Lynn Flewelling The Oracle’s Queen is the final novel in Lynn Flewelling’s TAMIR TRIAD, an epic story about a queen who has been prophesied to rule the land of Skala. To prevent the emergence of this queen, the king, who usurped the throne by killing his own female family members, has […]
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Fire Star & The Fire Eternal by Chris d’ Lacey Books three and four in Chris d’Lacey’s The Last Dragon Chronicles are The Fire Eternal and Fire Star respectively. I’ve reviewed the first two separately, but as these two share many of the same problems, I’ve decided to review them together. The first book, The Fire Within, […]
Read MorePosted by Kat Hooper | Jun 23, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 0
Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey Phèdre and Joscelin have had ten years of much needed rest… until the night that Phèdre dreams of her childhood friend Hyacinthe. He is still trapped on the island of the Master of the Straits and Phèdre has been studying ancient Habiru (Hebrew) texts to try to find a way […]
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Fisher | Aug 4, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve It has been sixteen years since the events of Predator’s Gold, and the Traction City of Anchorage has been peacefully settled on the Dead Continent for years, undisturbed by the war that rages throughout the rest of the world between the adherents of Municipal Darwinism and a terrorist faction of […]
Read MorePosted by Justin Blazier | Jun 6, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Tale of the Thunderbolt by E.E. Knight Tale of the Thunderbolt is the third installment in the VAMPIRE EARTH series. Each book has so far followed the story of David Valentine, post-apocalyptic warrior extraordinaire. In this third volume, Southern Command has sent David on a mission to bring back a secret weapon that lays hidden […]
Read MorePosted by Robert Thompson (RETIRED) | Jul 14, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 1
Daughter of Hounds by Caitlin R. Kiernan Always on the lookout for a new author to sink my teeth into, I decide to read Caitlín R. Kiernan when I came across her novel Daughter Of Hounds. Upon further research, I discovered that this was merely the newest entry involving psychic Deacon Silvey. Knowing that, I […]
Read MorePosted by Bill Capossere | Oct 7, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Shadow Roads by Sean Russell The Shadow Roads brings The Swans’ War to a somewhat satisfying close, but its many weaknesses lessen the impact it might have had. The strength is the backstory — the sense of myth surrounding the three children of Wyrr, Death walled away into his own world, stories of loss […]
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Fisher | May 1, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Witch Queen by Jan Siegel The three-part story of Fernanda “Fern” Capel that began in Prospero’s Children and continued in The Dragon Charmer comes to its conclusion in The Witch Queen. A young woman now, Fern has resigned herself to the presence of magic in her life and accepted (however reluctantly) that her Gift […]
Read MorePosted by Kat Hooper | Apr 26, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold I think Lois McMaster Bujold has exactly the right idea with the Chalion series. Each book stands alone, but if you have read the first one (Curse of Chalion), you get all the background material you need to understand the geographical, political, and religious systems of her world. […]
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