Previous SFF Author: Janet Evanovich
Chris Evans is a historian as well as an editor of military history and current affairs for Stackpole Books. Read an excerpt of A Darkness Forged in Fire at The Iron Elves website. And here’s Chris Evans’ Blog. Fantasy Book Critic has interviewed Chris Evans.
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A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans
“Mountains shouldn’t scream, but this one did.” Those words start the first volume in The Iron Elves series by Chris Evans, a first time author. A Darkness Forged in Fire is one of the best new fantasies that I’ve read in a long time. Evans has a visceral writing style that makes the world come alive, interesting takes on standard fantasy races such as elves and dwarves, and one of the most terrifying landscapes I can remember.
Ruth Arnell and Bill Capossere´s rating: 2.5, 5 | Chris Evans | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans
PLOT SUMMARY: As the human-dominated Calahrian Empire struggles to maintain its hold on power in the face of armed rebellion from within, the Iron Elves’ perilous quest to defeat the power-hungry elf witch, the Shadow Monarch, takes on greater urgency.
The Iron Elves, shunned by their own people for bearing the mark of the Shadow Monarch, and desperately wanting to forever erase this shame, became legendary for their prowess on the battlefield as the Calahrian Imperial Army’s elite shock troops. But when their commanding officer,
Robert Thompson and Ruth Arnell | Chris Evans | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Ashes of a Black Frost by Chris Evans
PLOT SUMMARY: Amidst a scene of carnage on a desert battlefield blanketed in metallic snow, Major Konowa Swift Dragon sees his future, and it is one drenched in shadow and blood. Never mind that he has won a grand victory for the Calahrian Empire. He came here in search of his lost regiment of elves, while the Imperial Prince came looking for the treasures of a mystical library, and both ventures have failed. But Konowa knows, as do the Iron Elves — both living and dead — that another,
Robert Thompson´s rating: 3 | Chris Evans | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Janet Evanovich
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