# 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 [...]
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Book Review: The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas
Book Review: The Dragon Book edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
# Genre: Anthology/Short Fiction, Fantasy
# Hardcover: 448 pages
# Publisher: Ace Hardcover
# Publication Date: November 3, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0441017649
# ISBN-13: 978-0441017645
# Editor Websites: Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois
With Wizards master anthologists Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois gave readers a wonderful and unique take on an old standby of fantasy. Now these two set their sights on dragons, [...]
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: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
# Genre: Literary Fantasy, Adventure, Comic Fantasy
# Hardcover: 400 pages
# Publisher: Viking Adult
# Publication Date: December 29, 2009
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0670019631
# ISBN-13: 978-0670019632
# Author Website: Jasper Fforde
Color adds beauty to the world around us. Without green grass and blue sky all would be drab and grey. But what if our entire society were [...]
Book Review: Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson
# Genre: Apocalyptic Fiction, Adventure
# Paperback: 336 pages
# Publisher: Ace
# Publication Date: November 24, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0441017991
# ISBN-13: 978-0441017997
# Author Website: Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlson’s third novel Plague Zone returns the reader to the lives of tough guy Cam Navarro and nanotech researcher Ruth Goldman. Though the plague year is over and nearly everyone is immune [...]
TWO Blurbs for GFTW!
One of the best things about being a reviewer is when you get blurbed.
First off is Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson. The blurb comes from my review of Plague Year (an awesome book). Plague Zone will hit stores November 24, 2009.
Characters never stand still, political intrigue abounds, and the characters face almost certain death [...]
Book Review: Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
# Genre: Paranormal Fantasy
# Reading level: Young Adult
# Paperback: 304 pages
# Publisher: Razorbill
# Publication Date: May 14, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1595142517
# ISBN-13: 978-1595142511
# Read the Prologue [PDF]
# Author Website: Lilith Saintcrow
Lilith Saintcrow makes the move to young adult fiction with Strange Angels. Best known for her Jill Kismet series of adult-targeted paranormal fantasy, Saintcrow (going by [...]
Book Review: The Bell at Sealy Head by Patricia A. McKillip
* Genre: Literary Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Fantasy
* ISBN: 0441016308
* ISBN-13: 9780441016303
* Format: Hardcover, 277pp
* Publisher: ACE
* Pub. Date: September 2008
* Fan Site
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I’ve always meant to take the time to read some of World Fantasy Award winner, Patricia A. McKillip’s work. I mean, she is a world fantasy award winner, [...]
Book Review: Wizards edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
* Genre: Fantasy, Short Fiction
* ISBN: 0425215180
* ISBN-13: 9780425215180
* Format: Hardcover, 400pp
* Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
* Pub. Date: May 2007
Wizards is an anthology, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, that collects the very cream of the crop in fantasy authors. Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Tad Williams, and Jane Yolen all make [...]
Book Review: The Four Forges by Jenna Rhodes
* Genre: Epic Fantasy
* ISBN: 0756402743
* ISBN-13: 9780756402747
* Format: Hardcover, 368pp
* Publisher: DAW
* Pub. Date: May 2006
* Series: Elven Ways Series, #1
Rarely do I not like a book at all. But occasionally, a novel just doesn’t resonate. Sometimes it’s just reading the novel at the wrong time, perhaps at a time of reading burnout, or [...]
