Target: Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) Profile: Epic Fantasy After a seemingly interminable four years of waiting for Brandon Sanderson to wash his hands of the Wheel of Time, it is finally time to return to the series that got me hooked on Sanderson in the first place, The Stormlight Archive. The Way of Kings was a great novel that suffered most from being little more than a prologue to the rest of the series. But now the real story can begin. Words of Radiance returns […]
“O help / Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, / Thou art / Mine only hope.”
Holy shit. This is one of the nerdiest books I’ve ever read. It is glorious. I was initially wary of yet another book that seemingly capitalized on mish-mashing two beloved cultural entities together (see: the shitstorm surrounding the release of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies), but a good review by someone I trust convinced me to give this a shot. So glad I did. Shakespeare and Star Wars, it turns out, go absurdly well together. Like cheese and crackers, cookies and milk, pizza and beer […]
Trilogy Tour #4: The Shadow Campaigns #1
A sleepy colonial outpost in the sun-scorched land of Khandar is awakened when a rebel uprising chases the Vordanai Colonial Regiment from the Khandar capital city of Ashe-Katarion. The seasoned Colonials, forced to retreat to a small coastal fortress, hope that the newly-arrived ships from Vordan have come to take them home. Instead, the boats bear fresh recruits along with the enigmatic Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich, who has come to take command of the regiment and win back control of the city for the deposed […]
This review has been banned for distribution as injurious to the cause of Darkness -The Day Watch
Target: Sergei Lukyanenko’s Day Watch. Translated by Andrew Bromfield (The Watches pentalogy #2) Profile: Modern Fantasy, Suspense, Horror Day Watch is a strong successor to the gritty, twilight world that Sergei Lukyanenko introduced us to in Night Watch. After exploring the moral dilemmas facing a ‘good’ person trying to maintain a status quo that is anything but good, Lukyanenko shifts his focus to take a look at the bad guys. That being said, Day Watch isn’t as strong overall as its prequel, partly because the Dark Others aren’t faced with […]
Kill the Dead – Sandman Slim does zombies
Sandman Slim is back; this time with Zombies, Lucifer, Hollywood moguls, Men in Black and Brigitte – a Czech Porn Star Zombie hunter. Second in the series; if you didn’t read “Sandman Slim” – full stop – go get it, read it, come back and continue. We start with Stark working as a monster hunter for hire. He may have returned from “downtown” (Hell) and saved the world, but that was last week. Now he is broke and reduced to working for the “Golden […]
Wickedly fun LA Gothic Noir – Sandman Slim
Sandman Slim – I LOVE this book! – brilliant, dark, witty, sharp, dirty, irreverent and hilarious. The first of a series -although this book stands on its own. However, I dare you after reading it to not want to grab the next one in the series! I have read the hard copy 2X and listened to the Audible version 2X. The narrator on Audible has a wonderfully raspy delivery – snarky and hilarious and totally rude. Love it. “Dark and dirty ass masterpiece” […]