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In this sequel to the popular epic fantasy The Warded Man, the legend of the hero Arlen Bales takes a backseat as two other characters capture our imagination. There is Jardir, the pseudo-hero and king who leads violent, stereotypical desert folk against the tranquil “green lands.” The rags-to-fame story of Jardir mirrors Arlen’s, feeling repetitious
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Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes If it is gritty Fantasy you’ve been dying for than Tome of the Undergates will certainly be the answer for you as Sykes has made the name Adventurers out to be a vile thing with his debut effort. Tome of the Undergates drops you in the middle of
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Farlander by Col Buchanan Farlander is epic fantasy set in a secondary world in the truest sense of the word. It is enwraped by a gorgeous cover! Yes, for me it is gorgeous. Even I feel sated with hooded men. But in this case the cover fits perfectly to the novel. And there is a
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Some people have issues when writing non-fiction, keeping all their own characters straight while writing their novels. If you have not considered the exact ending prior to starting this can easily occur and although this may not seem to be a big issue, you have to be careful that your character is highly believable. In other words would such a character have said this or done this other thing?
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Many writers have a problem knowing when to quit researching. Here are 5 hints to how to research a non-fiction book without spending too much time.
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Exodus by Julie Bertagna It’s 2100 and Mara’s island home has been steadily shrinking for years with the melting of the polar ice caps and the rising of the oceans – very soon, there will be nothing left. Mara learns of a nearby sky city called New Mungo via her cyber adventures on the “weave”
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Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel by Richard K. Morgan The noir setting is unforgettable. Morgan’s depiction of 25st-century Earth is impeccable, and his eye for detail makes every scene leap off the pages. The many futuristic concepts are thought-provoking and keep the plot moving. The concept of sleeves, whereby an individual’s consciousness and personality
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The Adamantine Palace (MEMORY OF FLAMES) by Stephen Deas The Adamantine Palace is the debut novel by British author Stephen Deas. First in a planned trilogy, the narrative whisks the reader away to a far and distant land where dragons are the domesticated servants of humans. Nearly mindless due the medicines of the alchemists, the
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Spellwright by Blake Charlton Spellwright, when looked at beyond the fascinating concept of using dyslexia to create new plot tensions, is at its heart a simple tale. There are forces of good, mysterious arcane forces, and nefarious, menacing forces of evil. Nicodemus and his mentor, the wizard Shannon, find themselves trying to clear their name
The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan
about 1 year ago
I read this expecting a fantasy novel that changed the rules, all it did was take a parallel of set rules and telling a story I’ve seen before, albeit very tightly and enjoyable. So, the main character is gay? That doesn’t change it up all that much and it really did seem as if Morgan was attempting to ridicule the hero-type of fantasy novels past.
Still, I enjoyed it and I will get the sequels – it is the first of a planned trilogy.