I nabbed this one on Netgalley ages ago, and completely forgot what it was about, so I was essentially reading it blind. Which may have actually played in its favour. The story revolves around bodies being dug up in Manhattan, and people suspect doctors, who are looking for cadavers to advance their medical knowledge, are behind it. One man, an […]
Like many of you (I guess), I decided to read this book after the author had died. The book was written forty-odd years ago, and it definitely looks an epic fantasy from the 70s or 80s. Take that as you will, but there is some stuff to like for you modern GRRM types. Here’s a random rundown of my thoughts […]
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John Wyndham writes terrific sci-fi, usually based in the future, but the characters and ideals are set very much in the Britain he grew up in. This set contains two such tales. The Chrysalids is set in a post-apocalyptic (well, post-Rapture) English town where anyone who deviates from the norm is considered to be different and therefore evil – like […]
I’ve read quite a bit of Kevin Anderson’s work – some Star Wars, some Dune, some of the other sci-fi and his Terra Incognita series. While I wouldn’t say I’ve loved everything I have read, I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s a damn fine writer. With that in mind, I was not prepared for how much I enjoyed this […]
Sandis is a vessel, a host to one of the Numina, demons from the ethereal plain. She is used as a weapon by the dire Kazen, a man who treats his vessels well, as long as they adhere to his rules. When one of her fellow vessels is killed during an experiment, Sandis escapes to the city to find her […]
**Potential Spoiler Warning** I have to add this first, although I try hard not to ruin too many books for people. However, this is a sequel so it gets harder to not drop the odd S-Bomb.. I reviewed Tides of Mana a while back, and liked what Matt Larkin had done with Hawaiian mythology after his tour de force retelling […]
Lionel Page is an investigative reporter, one who has dedicated his career to outing frauds, charlatans and hucksters. He’s successful enough to have made something of a name for himself, so it’s not really a surprise when someone offers him a private gig to dig up a newly discovered first draft of an Edgar Allan Poe short story. The offer […]
Seeing as I read mostly speculative or historical fiction, this was something of a departure for me, so maybe you can factor that into the review somehow. Anyway, when I saw the title pop up on Netgalley, I decided to give it a go. After all, I have a young son, and Fredrik Backman is a well known author with […]
Odysseus is back in David Hair’s pseudo-autobiography of the hero’s early days. I loved the first book in the series, and while the second certainly has a lot going for it, there were some things I didn’t like. But let’s start with the plot. In the interest of not being too spoilerific, I’ll try not to mention too much from […]
