One of the true pleasures of fantasy fiction is that some tales thrill, some make you ponder, and still others, the finest, do both at once; Sephirot manages the singular accomplishment of having done neither and taken an age to not do them. Reading over three hundred pages longing for the potential which occasionally crops up to come to fruition,
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Ashes of the Sun by the excellently named Django Wexler is one of the lead titles of Ad Astra, the new imprint from Head of Zeus and kicks off his new Burningblade & Silvereye trilogy. This book was my first chance to read any of Django Wexler’s work, although he’s already well known for his Magic and Muskets series, The
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There is something about this book that manages to transcend being just a great story and manages to reach out and touch the reader. The great “classic” works of speculative fiction, think Lord of the Rings or Dune, impress the reader with grand visions of alien and fantastical worlds. Transporting you from your own world into the author’s vision, leaving
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Reviewed by Srijani Ganguly As the title seems to suggest, there are plenty of battles in Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone’s ‘This Is How You Lose the Time War’. Each side is engrossed in a continuous game of one-upmanship, turning and twisting the events of the past and the future to suit their objective. To do so, they infiltrate the
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Reviewed by Srijani Ganguly If you’ve read ‘Story of Your Life’ or seen its film adaptation, Arrival, you’ll be well-versed with Ted Chiang’s style of science fiction. It’s filled with high-level theories and otherworldly phenomena, but at the heart of the story there is always an emotional plot; the kind which will not only make you a bit teary-eyed but
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Reviewed by Philip O’Brien And here we are, at the start of another Polity universe trilogy. For those already familiar with Neal Asher’s books we have new characters piling in whilst old favourites either get a starring role or make a quick (and sometimes otherwise) cameo appearance—Cutter, I’m looking at you! For newcomers to this author don’t let that put
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The heresy unfolds The Black Library are literally releasing these books as fast as I can read them. Since I reviewed Horus Rising a few months ago, two more have been released (in the new Siege of Terra series/sub-series) with a third due in March. I really need to pick the pace up! This is the fourth entry in the
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Vampire Science is the second instalment in the BBC series of novels, The Eighth Doctor Adventures, and continues the path of The Doctor and his companion Sam who were first introduced in The Eight Doctors. In true Doctor Who style, there are already several adventures that the pair has embarked upon between the start of this book and where the
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Well, so it begins. The first entry in the tale of the hapless wizzard Rincewind. The introduction to the world of The Luggage. The first entry in the gargantuan work of fantasy that is the Discworld. The first step in Terry Pratchett’s ascent to becoming one of the greats of Fantasy literature.
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Miles Watson is best known for his Cage Life series, consisting of Cage Life and Knuckle Down, which centres around cage fighting and crime both drawn from Watson’s real life experiences, (before any reader gets the wrong idea, he was on the law enforcement side of matters). Cage Life itself is an award winning novel, having been awarded both the
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