Category: fantasy
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The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche is a rather entertaining historical fantasy. Ginevra di Gasparo wants nothing more than to be a licensed doctor who is able to use her skills with stone magic to openly heal people instead of having to do it furtively and in secret. A decade after being banished…
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The Ghost of Serenity by C. C. Lincoln is about a young woman named Reiki. She has just come of age in her remote island village known as Serenity. Though still young she is intelligent and determined which led her to train from a young age in a variety of trades. Longing to be a…
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Time of the Twins is the first book in the Dragonlance Legends trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It continues the story of the brothers Raistlin and Caramon Majere a few years after the War of the Lance. Raistlin has set his sights on overthrowing Takhisis and becoming an actual god. However, his plan…
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The Seam: Secrets Beneath the North Pole by Deborah A. Wilson is an interesting and complex work. Dr. Winston Thornberry has acquired an unusual book, one that only furthers and deepens his lifelong quest. He has asked questions others consider impossible and finds himself only wanting more answers. Finally, he takes his unusual book and…
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The Heel of Gods by Thien Nhan is the first book in the series, The Secret Atlantis. Alex is a young man native to the city of Athens and has always been drawn to the history and mythology of the Mediterranean world. As a teenager he saw an unusual phenomenon, a huge vortex, deep in…
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A Nightmare of Magic and Madness is the first book in the Chaos of Magic series by Matthew Spizuco. Logan Grenbrook is a mage of the Gen’Dom order and is frequently sent out on various errands for other mages, that is whenever he is not working on his own studies. His mentor Jonathan has requested…
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A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan is a rather intriguing historical fantasy novel. Lydia Polk is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Witches and the apprentice of the Grand Mistress, Isadora, of the academy. When WWII breaks out Isadora places the might of the academy behind the Allied forces and works with…
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The Cradle of Ice is the second book in James Rollins’ Moonfall series. It picks up several months after the end of the first book with the group preparing to go their separate ways in order to best achieve their goal. Nyx is preparing to head deep into the ice covered side of the planet…
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Heavenly Demonic is the first book in the Heavenly Demonic series by Nemu Sai. Haise is a young man who is perpetually behind others his age in terms of qi cultivation and talent though he is outstanding at using his qi through his music. When he is attacked while on a walk one day he…
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We return to the story of Merlin with The Hollow Hills which is book two in Mary Stewart‘s Arthurian Saga. It picks up directly after the end of the previous book with Merlin handling the immediate aftermath of helping Uther sneak into Tintagel. With Gorlois dead Uther is faced with immense guilt which pushes him…