Previous SFF Author: Alix E. Harrow
(1979- )
Aidan Harte was born in Kilkenny, studied sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art, and currently works as a sculptor in Dublin. He has also worked in animation and TV, and in 2006 created the show Skunk Fu, which has appeared on several channels around the world, including the Cartoon Channel.
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Aidan Harte’s debut novel Irenicon is a mostly impressive beginning to his WAVE trilogy; its richly detailed world, tense plot, and subtle mix of science and magic offset some issues of pace, structure, and character sufficiently enough that I plan on continuing right on with its sequel The Warring States, which just arrived last week.
Irenicon is set in a somewhat off-kilter Renaissance Italy, where centuries earlier Herod’s slaughter of children actually worked,
Bill Capossere´s rating: 3 | Aidan Harte | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Warring States by Aidan Harte
The Warring States is the second book in Aidan Harte’s THE WAVE trilogy, coming after last year’s Irenicon, to which I gave a three-star rating recently. Unfortunately, I’d describe The Warring States as a bit of a step backwards, mostly due to pacing issues.
You can take a look at my review of Irenicon for the detailed back-story.
Bill Capossere´s rating: 2.5 | Aidan Harte | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Previous SFF Author: Alix E. Harrow
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