The final novel in the Tawny Man trilogy is full of adventure and intrigue. Prince Dutiful is leaving for the Outislands to fulfill the quest that the Narcheska Elliania has given him. The Fool believes that his death waits for him there with the dragon Icefyre and Tom Badgerlock, also …

The second in Robin Hobb’s Tawny Man series, Golden Fool continues on where Fool’s Errand left off. Prince Dutiful has returned to Buck Keep in time for his betrothal to the Narcheska Elliania from the Outislands. Tom Badgerlock has agreed to teach Dutiful and Chade the Skill magic and discovers …

This is the third novel of the Kushiel’s series by Jacqueline Carey and I would say it is both the darkest and the brightest of the three. Phedre has had years of peace with her consort Josceline, but she continues to study arcane Yeshuite legends to find the key that …

This is the first novel in the Tawny Man series by Robin Hobb, and it is set some fifteen years after the events of the Farseer Trilogy ended. Fitz is again the protagonist, but he now goes by the name of Tom Badgerlock. He has spent over a decade living …

I’ve seen quite a lot of good reviews for this book and I’m glad I finally got around to picking up a copy. Military based Sci-Fi tends to either be very good or absolutely awful, and this was definitely very good. The premise is that humans can migrate to other …

This book continues on from Kushiel’s Dart. Phedre is now a peer of the realm, Comtesse Phedre no Delauney de Montreve, and she returns to Namaah’s Service to try and discover the whereabouts of Melisande Shahrizai. After being declared a traitor, Melisande mysteriously vanished the night before her execution and …

This is the third novel in the Farseer trilogy and I found it to be a very different type of novel than the first two. In the other books Fitz is influenced constantly by the actions of others and the intrigues of court. This novel begins with Fitz and Burrich …

Obernewtyn is a young adult novel although that shouldn’t lead anyone to think that it is simplistic, it is quite well written and interesting enough to satisfy adult readers of fantasy and science fiction too. It is set in a post apocalypse landscape where there are two main powers in …

Fantasy is genre with a history of repetitive plots, overused tropes and abundant cliches. When searching for good fantasy it’s a joy to find either an old idea done in a new and exceptional way, or truly original and fresh work. Both are evident in Jacqueline Carey’s novel Kushiel’s Dart.

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This is in the style of ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ and all of that genre. Earth was invaded by a species which is inserted into the back of the neck, and sends threads of itself through the host brain and nervous system. It takes control of the host body …