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Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves... Continue Reading →
Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people's minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she... Continue Reading →
Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Christopher Sinclair goes out for a walk on a mild Arizona evening and never comes back. He stumbles into a freezing winter under an impossible night sky, where magic is real -- but bought at a terrible price. A misplaced act of decency lands him in a brawl with an arrogant nobleman... Continue Reading →
The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson The Broken Empire Trilogy by Mark Lawrence The Powder Mage Trilogy by Brian McClellan Raven's Shadow Trilogy by Anthony Ryan The Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook For those of you unaware, Grimdark refers to a sub-genre of speculative fiction that is particularly realistic... Continue Reading →
Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synposis: When Eila Doyle first hears the strange boy calling from somewhere deep in her sleep, she begins to question her sanity. In the gleaming steampunk world of Waldron's Gate, citizens aren't meant to dream -- and those who eschew their daily Crumble and dare to do so anyway face madness … and... Continue Reading →
Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: Artemis Awakening is the start of a new series by New York Times bestseller Jane Lindskold. The distant world Artemis is a pleasure planet created out of bare rock by a technologically advanced human empire that provided its richest citizens with a veritable Eden to play in. All tech was concealed and... Continue Reading →
Kvothe from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Harry Dresden from The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Locke Lamora from The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch Darrow from Red Rising by Pierce Brown Tyrion Lannister from A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin So, last week I did a list... Continue Reading →
Arya Stark from Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Vin from The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Fela from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Shallan Davar from The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Each of the lovely fictional ladies on... Continue Reading →
Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as gods - were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the... Continue Reading →
Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: When Caldan’s parents are brutally slain, he is raised by monks and taught the arcane mysteries of sorcery. Vowing to discover for himself who his parents really were, and what led to their violent end, he is thrust into the unfamiliar chaos of city life. With nothing to his name but a... Continue Reading →
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