Clik here to view.
A round of covers
It's time for another round, a feast for the eyes!***Several covers for Tor.com upcoming novellas were released last week, with Richard Anderson at the front, giving the Fantasy genre two new amazing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Those Above review
Those Above is Daniel Polansky's first book in a new duology titled The Empty Throne. The Fantasy author was known before mostly for his Low Town Noir series. The book was released back in February of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the AFR Radar
I have read Beaulieu's debut a couple of years ago, The Winds of Khalakovo, a novel I liked well enough. I picked up the follow-up but was probably not in the right mood and returned it to the reading...
View ArticleClik here to view.
R. Scott Bakker's The Unholy Consult update
Back in October 2013, Bakker announced that he had finished his first draft of the Unholy Consult, the third and final novel in the Aspect Emperor series. Since then, the book was supposed to be in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tower Lord mini review
Tower Lord is the second book in Anthony Ryan's A Raven's Shadow series. This is the follow-up to Blood Song, a stellar debut that Ryan had to publish himself before it was finally picked up by Ace...
View ArticleClik here to view.
July 2015 releases
A nice list of Fantasy releases just in time for the summer reading! What will pique your interest this month?***The Path of GodsThe Valhalla Saga book 3Snorri KristjanssonJuly 2ndReunited, Audun and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest post - The Charts of Tomorrows and Norwegian fairy tales by Chris Willrich
In The Chart of Tomorrows, my ongoing sword-and-sorcery characters, the poet Persimmon Gaunt and the thief Imago Bone, at last track down their lost son, to a fantastical version of Scandinavia.In a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
on the AFR Radar
River of Stars was my favorite novel of 2013 and I awaited eagerly the announcement of Guy Gavriel Kay next work. Even if I really liked the book, I must admit that the Chinese background used as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
August releases
I'm just back from my annual camping trip, where I couldn't read for I was always running after my 18 months old little girl but I'm just in time for August 2015 Fantasy releases. This month, my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New map - Kantenjord from Chris Willrich's The Chart of Tomorrows
Chris Willrich's third Gaunt and Bone novel, The Chart of Tomorrows, was released on July 7th. To support your mental rendering of the new Scandinavian setting the heroes are exploring here's a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2015 Gemmell Legend awards - the winners!
The winners of the 2015 David Gemmell Legend awards for Fantasy were announced earlier this week (with a total of 36 759 votes). A couple of weeks ago, I posted my picks (in bold and italic) and my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New map for N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season
This is the first map for a novel by the author of the Inheritance trilogy. Moreover, it looks like she's not really a fan of maps but she needed one for the Stillness, the setting of her new book, The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Updates
Hear ye, hear ye! Gather around for the newest gossip!***Orbit Books announced the acquisition of a new series from the author of the Raven's Shadow series (Blood Song, Tower Lord and Queen of Fire),...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Round of Covers
It's time for another round folks!***Angry Robot Books unveiled the cover for Kameron Hurley second book in the Worldbreaker saga, Empire Ascendant (the follow-up to The Mirror Empire). Richard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Steven Erikson's Fall of Light cover
The UK cover art for Steven Erikson's second Khakanas novel was released some time ago but didn't seem to attract much attention. Can't wait? You'll have to until February 2016...It is a bitter winter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Shadow Throne review
The Shadow Throne is Django Wexler's second novel in the Shadow Campaigns series and was released last year. The first book in the flintlock and military Fantasy series, and Wexler's debut, The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
September releases
September brings back a larger list of Fantasy books for my release spotlight after a quiet summer.Also note that Unholy War, the Moontide Quartet book 3 by David Hair is released in the US.***Twelve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
a small hiatus
I'm doing some thinking about my blogging and I should be back soon with a decision.Meanwhile, I just finished Half the World by Joe Abercrombie and I'm nearing the end of The Witcher 3, one of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
October releases
What will you read this month? To help you in your search for Fantasy novels worth a read (maybe...) in October, here's my spotlight.***The Empire AscendantWorldbreaker Saga book 2Kameron HurleyOctober...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Back on the scene
I have been silent since October 2015. Back then, my second born wasn't even one year old and blogging had become an issue. I haven't stopped reading but I have to admit that I have slowed quite a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eager meter late 2017
Tor will release several chapters of Oathbringer (book 3 of The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson) in the coming weeks to promote the release of the book in November (here's the prologue)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
New maps
Here's a couple of interesting new maps. They were added to the index. Enjoy!***The Waking FireDraconis Memoria book 1Anthony RyanWorld mapArradsia continent***Kings of the WyldThe Band book 1Nicholas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cover art for Anna Smith Spark's The Tower of Living and Dying
Orbit released today the covert art for the upcoming follow-up to Anna Smith Spark's great debut, The Court of Broken Knives. The second book in the Empires of Dust series, The Tower of Living and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
October 2017 releases
Here's my October 2017 spotlight for Fantasy releases. As soon as I finish Bakker's The Unholy Consult in audiobook, I'll pick up Brett's grand finale.***The CoreDemon Cycle book 5Peter V. BrettOctober...
View ArticleClik here to view.
November 2017 releases
Wow, now that's another great month in Epic Fantasy. Not a prolific one but two very promising follow-ups will be out. Can't wait to reunite with Kaladin/Shallan/Dalinar and the unlikely duo of the...
View Article