It has been a long three years, but the next installment of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archives is finally here with Rhythm of War. One year has passed on Roshar since the end of Oathbringer, and a lot has changed in the war between Odium’s forces, the combined might of the returned Fused, and the now-free Singers …
Nearly three years ago, the third book in the Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson was released. Oathbringer brought a lot of change for Roshar, and three years can be a long time to remember all of the important events. Before you read Rhythm of War on November 17th, here are the twenty-five most important events …
A Little Hatred, the first book in Joe Abercrombie’s Age of Madness trilogy, came out merely one year ago. That book set the pieces on the chessboard and made their first moves. Now The Trouble with Peace has arrived and the powers plays are being set in motion on all sides. As it begins, it …
It’s hard to believe, with the way this year has gone and how long it has felt that the first book of The Ruin of Kings, the first book in A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons, was only released a little over a year and a half ago and The Name of All …
Looking back at the books of 2019, the one that has stuck with me the most, latching on even as my brain slowly melted in quarantine, was Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth. February feels as if it were years ago, 2019 is ancient history, but reading Gideon the Ninth feels like yesterday. The follow-up, Harrow …
The Holidays are here, and 2019 is nearly over. You’ve got that Christmas money from grandma or that gift card from the Secret Santa exchange at work. Maybe you are returning something you truly disdained and need something to put you in a better mood. Why not buy yourself a new book? Here are the …
When it comes to fantasy, it has inevitable hangers-on, specific ideas, certain character archetypes that spring to mind. Our imagination fills up with magic, swords, dragons, and, of course, heroes. The monomyth that won’t quit that plucks the one person from humble beginnings, calls them the chosen one, and sends them on their way. The …
Private investigation isn’t an easy job, and no one knows this better than Ivy Gamble. When we meet her in Sarah Gailey’s Magic for Liars, her investigations mostly involve cheating spouses. She finally catches a break when she is hired for a murder investigation at a high school, and for a hefty sum at that. The problem …
The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey is my first foray into the genre known as Dieselpunk, a style that combines diesel technology, retro-futuristic technology, and the feeling of uncertainty, paranoia, and hopelessness. This novel takes place in the fictional city of Lower Proszawa in a period of peace after their own Great War. Largo Moorden …
A story can move you to anger, to cry, to empathize with people you do not know or who are imaginary. A story can inspire you to write your own story. But what happens to those stories that never get told, that never make it to the file on your computer, the page of a …