What does the ultimate video game look like? And what’s the most important element to any good game? Austin Grossman’s newest novel answers both questions with the same word: YOU. While I play quite a few video games, I am not, from what I understand, a Gamer. I enjoy games mostly for the story they create [...]
Blope is one of those books. I don’t to say it is a classic or a novel written in the manner of some long dead patron of the arts. Instead, Blope is one of those damned-if-I’m-going-to-set-it-down books. At least, I wasn’t going to set it down until I finally knew where all of the threads of the story [...]
This week we’re featuring author Sean Benham and his new novel Blope. For those of you who have never heard of Sean or his book, Sean is a professional in the Canadian animation industry by day, novelist by night. He lives in Toronto. What’s the book about? Check it: Son of Satan and Grandson of the Messiah, [...]
If you’re a fan of massively thick, sprawling worldbuildling, rich with history fantasies like I am, you are going to love River of Stars. However, it might take a while to get into. On page one, I doubted I would finished the book. My first thought was if the writer really didn’t know a single grammatical [...]
Jacob Reckless is going to die. And an entire magical world at his disposal hasn’t managed to yield anything to change that…until now. A tomb has been uncovered, and rumors have it that it hold both the body of the Witchslayer and his magical crossbow. The legends say the crossbow comes with three arrows. The first, [...]
When expectations are high, money is tight, love is tainted and stress is ubiquitous, the citizens of Chase County will do anything to make sure they survive. From the deconstruction of a town to frivolous intercourse with strangers, No-Injury Policy explores the dark depths of human nature when social pressures peak. No sooner than the meek [...]
How far are you willing to go to save humanity? This the central question Captives revolves around. Most of humanity lives in the Safe Lands, enjoying a life of decadence, but underneath the smiles and the designer looks, they are all carrying a disease. A few people remain living in the wilds away from walls and [...]
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jill Williamson to our weekly author spotlight! Jill will be joining us this week to share about her newest novel, Captives, and will be participating in an interview and a guest post in addition to our review and giveaway. I’ve been reading Jill’s books since her first one, [...]
This review assumes you are familiar with the previous book, The Lost Gate, and will contain spoilers for it. Normalcy seems to be the one feat that escapes Danny North. As a Gatefather, he can teleport, can out lift and run most other kids his age, can speak many languages, can listen in on conversations, and [...]
What are English politics doing in a fantasy novel? Providing the back story to one of the best alternative history novels in years. The young king Edward is dying, and England’s many Protestants fear his sister Mary will ascend to throne and demand the return of Catholicism. But for Parris, it doesn’t really matter which religion [...]
