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Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.
Grad student …
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the …
I really liked the worldbuilding, it really looks like a lot of research went into it. The Indian Ocean one thousand years ago is seldom seen in the historical/fantastic literature I’ve read, so it was really great to discover that world. Can’t wait for what’s coming next!
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the …
delightful, it opens the gates to a very tangible world, so rich and lively
A humbled prince, a grumpy grandmaster, and a ragtag band of heroes find out what …
I don’t know if the fault was the book’s or mine, but it took me a lot of effort to pass the two-thirds mark, after which I started going faster.
The ending felt a bit rushed, with some hand-wavy explanations and too much luck to be credible. In a way it’s deconstructing the myth of the prophesied hero, the One, etc., but on the other it’s building a lot of expectations for a finale that feels too little.
Some characters get more developed, which is nice.
The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men.
They have …
I had loved The Blacktongue Thief but didn’t remember a lot from it. This book builds so much lore without being boring. There are some very original ideas.
The main character is not a talker and I would have liked a little more introspection on her part. It still avoids the “warriors insensitivity” you read in a lot of “realist” fantasy, and that’s nice. I also thought there were some issues with the rhythm but nothing too bad.
When a former classmate begs Pleiti for help on behalf of her cousin—who’s up for a prestigious academic position at …
She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with …
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It might be more adult in tone and have adult characters, but it’s got a kind of YA/Harry Potter vibe to it. I’m enjoying it for now, but the story of an underdog loner pushed to a champions tournament while having to solve a murder and kill a god (or whatever it is) might get old soon.
'In this superb fantasy saga of tough, old martial-arts masters and inexperienced young heroes, Wesley Chu has given us a …
Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king.
But …
The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of …
Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation …
The setting is the Mediterranean at the end of the Middle Ages, if Carthage had won against Rome, if the Muslims had not conquered the Maghreb and Spain, if Jesus had been a woman, and if Europe had been threatened over the centuries by many elvish invasions. Oh, and magic happens.
The characters are well defined, but perhaps too close to DnD classes: the paladin, the sorcerer (no, the magician!), the cleric, the thief, the barbarian… So the whole adventure feels a bit like a ttrpg campaign.
On the other hand, Abercrombie is a master storyteller and I’m curious about what’s happening next for the company.
The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times …
They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back…
New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary …
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
But they …
Short and dynamic, I would love to read more adventures in this world… but it’s also very good as-is.
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about …