Category: fantasy
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It is time to return to a world of prophecy, or at least a world where prophecies exist even if everyone seems to think they are currently broken. The Art of Destiny is the second book in the War Arts Saga by Wesley Chu and continues the adventures of Jian, the prophesized hero of the…
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What is a book? And what is a story? These are questions that continue to be explored in The Archive of the Forgotten, the second book in the Hell’s Library series by A. J. Hackwith. It picks up six months after the events of the first book, The Library of the Unwritten, as the employees…
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I just finished Fool’s Fate by Robin Hobb which is the third book in the Tawny Man Trilogy. It tells the story of what happened when Fitz, Prince Dutiful, Chade, and Thick finally make the journey to the outislands so Dutiful can win the hand of the Narcheska Elliania. In order to do so they…
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I have finally reached the second half of The Demonwars Saga with Ascendance, which is the fifth book overall in The Demonwars Saga and it marks the beginning of the second DemonWars trilogy. Several years have passed for the various characters since the time of the rosy plague in the previous book Mortalis. Pony, still…
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Part comedy, part old school noir detective novel and all parts magic and mayhem. That is probably one of the best descriptions I can come up with for this next book. Storm Front is book one of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher that revolves around the adventures of Harry Dresden. It just so…
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Golden Fool is the second book in the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb. It continues the story of Fitzchivalry Farseer, also known as Tom Badgerlock, as he starts training Prince Dutiful in magic, both Wit and Skill. In doing so he has to face his own continued distaste for the skill magic and his…
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I wasn’t expecting this next book to be quite what it was but I also have to admit that I wasn’t sure what to expect at the same time. Traces by Franklin J. Knight is the first book in the Traces series. It tells the story of Harriet, a woman who has just passed away…
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Mortalis by R. A. Salvatore is the fourth book in the Demonwars Saga and is the stand-alone novel that connects the first demonwars trilogy and the second demonwars trilogy. It tells the story of how the various characters handles the resurgence of the rosy plague. Jilseponie and her refusal to accept the fact that the…
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Have you ever accidentally stumbled across your idea of heaven when reading a book? I kind of think I did when I found The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith. It is the first book in the Hell’s Library series and boy was it a doozy. The book opens with Claire, the librarian…
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Have you ever woken up one day only to discover that your entire life is now a lie? In The Art Of Prophecy by Wesley Chu, book one of the War Arts Saga, that seems to be exactly what is happening. Laishi, an older retired war arts master, has been sent to evaluate the skills…