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Published: January 13, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765336415 Pages: 608 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Brian Staveley's The Providence of Fire, the second novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, a gripping new epic fantasy series. The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over.... Continue Reading →
Published: September 3, 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780316213103 Pages: 419 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through... Continue Reading →
Published: December 2, 2014 Publisher: Audible Studios ISBN: 9781491540336 Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: For centuries, the two Great Guilds have controlled the world of Dematr. The Mechanics and the Mages have been bitter rivals, agreeing only on the need to keep the world they rule from changing. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep... Continue Reading →
Published: July 1, 2014 Publisher: Roc ISBN: 9780451418067 Pages: 500 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: The ailing King of the Vordan lies on his deathbed. When he dies, his daughter, Raesinia Orboan, will become the first Queen Regnant in centuries—and a ripe target for the ambitious men who seek to control her. The most dangerous... Continue Reading →
Published: September 1, 2000 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765310026 Pages: 604 (Hardcover) Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha’ik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil... Continue Reading →
Published: February 24, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765376459 Pages: 398 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty... Continue Reading →
This is kind of a slow week for me in books because of the impending holidays, but here it goes! Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley - I just started this on Tuesday, but it's good so far! I really loved the Emperor's Blades, and I have high expectations for the rest of the series... Continue Reading →
Published: June 24, 2014 Publisher: Harper Voyager ISBN: 9780062286727 Pages: 352 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: They call us things with teeth. These words from Lily Rose Sullivan the night of her death haunts her seventeen-year-old sister, Finn, who has moved with her widowed father to his hometown of Fair Hollow, New York. After befriending a... Continue Reading →
Published: September 29, 2015 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company ISBN: 9781627792127 Pages: 465 (Hardcover) Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could... Continue Reading →
Published: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765378552 Pages: 383 (Hardcover) Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Shadows of Self shows Mistborn’s society evolving as technology and magic mix, the economy grows, democracy contends with corruption, and religion becomes a growing cultural force, with four faiths competing for converts. This bustling, optimistic, but still shaky society now... Continue Reading →
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