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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
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Time of Daughters II by Sherwood Smith In a time of rising danger, women go to war, and ghosts walk the walls… A few years have passed since the Night of Four Kings, when the least expected candidates for rulership … 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
A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith [Editor’s note: This Book View Cafe book is part of the Epic Story Bundle curated by Kevin Anderson. The bundles are a “pay what you want” deal, but if you pay at least … Continue reading
For the next eleven days, there is an Epic Fantasy Storybundle on sale. You donate what you want, above five bucks, and you get a hefty pack of books, including an anthology of short stories as a fundraiser. I have … Continue reading