Lightning in the Blood Varekai 2 by Marie Brennan Once she had nothing: no name, no memory, no purpose beyond the one her master bound her to fulfill. Now the wandering archon known as Ree must walk an unseen path … Continue reading
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Cold-Forged Flame Varekai I by Marie Brennan Out of nothingness they summon her: a woman with no name and no memory, and the power to bring them what they need. Across an island that changes beneath her feet — into … Continue reading
At first I thought the current fashion of dark, gritty fantasy – fantasy noir – is just that, a recent shift in popularity, like the explosion of angsty teenage vampire stories. If we take the long view, it’s an established … Continue reading
Novels begin in many different ways, drawing their “motive energy” or “visions of ultimate coolness” from varied sources. Which is a high-falutin’ way of saying that there is no one right way in which to begin a story. It can … Continue reading
A string of fantastic (see what I did there?) books got me thinking about how much fantasy has evolved since I first started combing library shelves for it more than fifty … Continue reading
Remscela The Sequel to Tain by Gregory Frost Cu Chulainn was only a teenaged boy when he defeated the combined armies of Queen Maeve. Now, with nothing to fight, Ulster’s warrior seems cursed–by a child he never knew he had; … Continue reading
When readers have asked me about the gestation of what became Táin and Remscela, I usually say it was a project that took about eight years from start to finish—beginning the summer I bicycled across Ireland to the year when … Continue reading
Tides of Darkness Avaryan Resplendent 3 by Judith Tarr Prince Daros of Han-Gilen is an infamous rake and wastrel–and a hidden and completely untrained mage of enormous power. Caught breaking the strictest laws of the Mageguild and their magical Worldgates, … Continue reading
The Giant of Inishkerry The Books of the Painter 2 by Sheila Gilluly How do you go on when everything you love has been lost? Aengus might have become the Painter who would save his people, but that hope was … Continue reading
Arrows of the Sun Avaryan Resplendent, Volume I by Judith Tarr Drums beat, pulse-beat. Slow, slow, then swifter, rising up and up to a rattle of panic-terror. The boy ran. Sometimes as he ran he was himself: wind in his … Continue reading