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Dragon Haven: Volume Two of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb Expelled from the Cassarik area by the fear of the locals of the new dragon hatchlings, the beasts and their mutated human keepers continue their journey to find the fabled lost city of Kelingra with danger and starvation every step along the deadly
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The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry REVIEW SUMMARY: Joe Ledger is back, he’s mad, and ready to take on genetically enhanced humans, animals and anything in between. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In this follow up to the Bram Stoker nominated Patient Zero, Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences team fight two sets of related genetic
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The Adamantine Palace (MEMORY OF FLAMES) by Stephen Deas This novel was definitely what I would call a “cover art purchase” as I was not aware that it was being released. While we were on our weekly Friday bookstore trip, I spotted The Adamantine Palace on an end cap display. The cover art was jaw
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson After the life-changing events of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, journalist Mikael Blomquist and introverted hacker Lisbeth Salander have gone their separate ways: Mikael back to his magazine, and Lisbeth (and her stolen millions) off to travel the world. Salander has cut off all communication
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Burn Me Deadly: An Eddie LaCrosse Novel by Alex Bledsoe “Burn Me Deadly” is the second book in a new series by Alex Bledsoe that features private investigator Eddie LaCrosse. Bledsoe takes my two favorite genres, fantasy and detective fiction, and mixes them up with highly entertaining results. In my review of The Sword Edged
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Dragon Keeper: Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb In the end, it’s difficult to review a book that is only one-half of the story, but because of characters, prose and world-building that is vintage Robin Hobb; a story that continues to build on the epic mythos established in the author’s previous
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick My only complaint regarding this book is that it was released in hardcover, and tops out around 260 pages. It’s a quick read, a fast-moving story that’s over way too quickly for my tastes, and I’d have loved to spend more time in Mallory’s world.
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The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas I’ve always loved reading about dragons but completely agree with those who say that, recently, dragons have had their claws clipped to make them that little bit more accessible to readers. Anne McCaffrey’s dragons are the chief culprits and Naomi Novik’s Temeraire is steadily losing that air of a
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Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3) by Christopher Paolini Christopher Paolini–the 24-year-old best-selling author of the novels Eragon and Eldest–told SCI FI Wire that his new novel, Brisingr, continues the adventures of the farm-boy-turned-dragon-rider Eragon and the dragon Saphira. In Brisingr, Paolini said that readers will discover a ship made of grass, a forest made of stone
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson The original Swedish title of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was the much more blunt Män som hatar kvinnor — ‘Men who hated women’ — and while not quite as catchy or appealing that is much closer to the mark. Not only because there are some men