# Genre: Epic Fantasy
# Hardcover: 384 pages
# Publisher: Roc Hardcover; 1 edition
# Publication Date: February 2, 2010
# ISBN-10: 0451463137
# ISBN-13: 978-0451463135
# Author Website: Stephen Deas
The Adamantine Palace is the debut novel by British author Stephen Deas. First in a planned trilogy, the narrative whisks the reader away to a far and distant land where dragons [...]
Posts under ‘Epic/High Fantasy’
Book Review: The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas
Book Review: The Ruling Sea by Robert V. S. Redick
My review of The Ruling Sea (known as The Rats and the Ruling Sea outside the US.) by Robert V. S. Redick can be found on page 8 of this month’s issue of San Francisco Book Review.
Book Review: Shadow Prowler by Alexey Pehov
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy, Adventure
# Hardcover: 400 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books
# Publication Date: February 16, 2010
# ISBN-10: 0765324032
# ISBN-13: 978-0765324030
# Author Website: Alexey Pehov
In Alexey Pehov’s English language debut Shadow Prowler, the first book in a trilogy, all the wonderful things about epic fantasy in the style of Robert Jordan and J. R. R. Tolkien [...]
Book Review: Flight of the Renshai by Mickey Zucker Reichert
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy
# Hardcover: 464 pages
# Publisher: DAW
# Publication Date: September 1, 2009
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0756402735
# ISBN-13: 978-0756402730
# Author Website: Mickey Zucker Reichert
Like The Wheel of Time, The Renshai Chronicles were some of the books I grew up with. Mickey Zucker Reichert’s tales based in Norse mythology were stirring and exciting. So it [...]
Book Review: The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy
# Hardcover: 784 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books; Signed edition
# Publication Date: October 27, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0765302306
# ISBN-13: 978-0765302304
# Author Blog: Robert Jordan
# Author Website: Brandon Sanderson
In reviewing a novel in a series as popular as the Wheel of Time, a reviewer faces a dilemma: Does the reviewer toe the party line and [...]
Book Review: Sasha by Joel Shepherd
# Genre: Historical Fantasy, Epic/High Fantasy
# Paperback
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: October 27, 2009
# ISBN-10: 159102787X
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027874
#Author Website: Joel Shepherd
In the Cassandra Kresnov trilogy, Joel Shepherd created a strong heroine with a powerful personality. The pseudo-historical epic fantasy Sasha continues Shepherds trend by introducing the reader to Sashandra “Sasha” Lenayin, former princess and [...]
Book Review: The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy
# Paperback: 841 pages
# Publisher: HarperCollins UK
# Publication Date: May 1, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0586210695
# ISBN-13: 978-0586210697
# Author Website: Janny Wurts
# Book Website
The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts is one of the classics of the 1990’s wave of epic fantasy. The story is primarily of two half-brothers, the princes of two [...]
Book Review: The Mermaid’s Madness by Jim C. Hines
# Genre: Humor, Epic Fantasy, Adventure
# Paperback: 352 pages
# Publisher: DAW
# Publication Date: October 6, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0756405831
# ISBN-13: 978-0756405830
# Author Website: Jim C. Hines
Mermaids aren’t always nice. In fact, most of the original stories depict them as evil half-women, half-fish beings that lured men to their deaths in the watery abyss. As always, [...]
Book Review: Servant of a Dark God by John Brown
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy
# Hardcover: 448 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books
# Publication Date: October 13, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0765322358
# ISBN-13: 978-0765322357
In Servant of a Dark God, by debut author John Brown, a panoply of characters move through an epic fantasy world that is vast and complicated. Brown has created an ambitious story for someone with so [...]
Book Review: Longeye by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
I’m sorry to say that my experience with the work of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller left me feeling dirty and suprised that such poor quality writing can make it to publication. Read my review of Longeye at Fantasy Magazine.
