Tower of Mud and Straw By: Yaroslav Barsukov Published: February 21, 2021 Genre: Fantasy The tower took the length of the world—only it was an alien world, replicating itself over and over as it climbed to a distinct, ghostly gap into the clouds. Or did he stare down a well? (Part I. The Duchy. 5). Critics have an… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Tower of Mud and Straw”
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Why You Need to Read: “Ring Shout”
Ring Shout By: P. Djèlí Clark Published: October 13, 2020 Genre: Horror/Folklore/Supernatural/Historical Fiction Thank you Tor.com for sending me an ARC of this book. “The Birth of a Nation” had delivered all the souls they needed to stir up them old evil powers. Across the country, white folk who ain’t even heard of the Klans… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Ring Shout”
Why You Need to Read: “The Name of All Things”
A Chorus of Dragons #2: The Name of All Things By: Jenn Lyons Audiobook: 25 hours 46 minutes Published: October 29, 2019 Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Dan Genre: Fantasy Bittner, Lauren Fortgang In the twentieth year of the hawk and the lion, beneath the silver sword, the sleeping beast’s prison shatters. The dragon of swords devours demon falls as… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “The Name of All Things”
Why You Need to Read: “The Ruin of Kings”
A Chorus of Dragons #1: The Ruin of Kings By: Jenn Lyons Audiobook: 27 hours 22 minutes Published: February 5, 2019 Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Vikas Genre: Fantasy Adam, Soneela Nankani There’s a prophecy. Actually no, it’s more like a thousand prophecies. It’s the collected rantings of a thousand people…the prophecies refer to an end time, a great cataclysm, when… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “The Ruin of Kings”
Why You Need to Read: “Realm of Ash”
The Books of Ambha: #2: Realm of Ash By: Tasha Suri Published: November 12, 2019 Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Coming-of-Age NOTE: Some minor spoilers from Empire of Sand. You have been warned. “My blood—my Amrithi blood in this loyal Ambhan body—is part of the curse. But it’s also part of the cure. I just don’t know how. But the… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Realm of Ash”
Why You Need to Read: “Vita Nostra”
Metamorphosis: #1: Vita Nostra By: Marina & Sergey Dyachenko Translated (English) by: Julia Meitov Hersey Published: 2007 in Russia & Ukrainian; November 13, 2018 in the U.S. Genre: Metaphysical, Speculative Fiction, Psychological, Bildungsroman Winner of the PocKoH 2008 Vita nostra brevis est, Our life is brief, Brevi finietur; Soon it will end; Venit mors velociter, Death comes quickly, Rarit… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Vita Nostra”
Why You Need to Read: “Seven Blades in Black”
The Grave of Empires: Book One: Seven Blades in Black By: Sam Sykes Published: April 9, 2019 Genre: Fantasy “Galta the Thorn. Riccu the Knock. Zanze the Beast. Taltho the Scourge. Kresh the Tempest. Vraki the Gate. Jindu the Blade. Seven names. Seven out of thirty-three. It might have seemed small, maybe. But there was another… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: “Seven Blades in Black”