Hey look, if anyone is paying attention, you might remember me stating the Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes would be the last Dungeons and Dragons handbook I would be reviewing for a while, but I forgot about the Dungeon Master’s Guide which I had actually not finished. Somewhat strangely, even though …
This is the next in my series of reviews of Dungeons and Dragons 5E Manuals. It may end up being my last for a while for as far as I know, this is the final book which does not involve a locale or a module. I remain mostly uninterested in …
Let me back up before I move forward. I have just passed my 40th year of playing Dungeons and Dragons. When the first remake came out, at the time, I was angered over Gary Gygax being kicked out of his own company and the game becoming too politically correct. So …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Hyperion Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: 5 Stars Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Umbertouched by Livia Blackbrune is a fantasy novel set in the Rosemarked series. This is the third book in the series. Normally I wouldn’t have started with the third book in a series, but luckily for …
Genre: Sword and Sorcery Publisher: Ace Published: 1968 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Conan of the Isles, by by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, was first published in 1968 and is the last book (book 12) of the “original” Lancer/Ace Conan series. Conan has been ruling …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Xlibris Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Oars of Olympus by Christopher Mac Lairn is a fantasy novel set in mythological Greece. The author mixes history and facts, but this is more like Clash of the Titans than 300, which–in …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? And if you’re blanching at the prospect of ploughing through nineteen other books to get to this point, I’m here to tell you that isn’t necessary. This is actually the second in a spin-off …
Genre: Sword and Sorcery Publisher: Ace Published: 1977 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? I was in my closet the other day when, out of the corner of my eye, I spied a stack of my old D&D books, and by old, I mean old, as in Advanced-Edition-1980’s-high-school-Dungeons-and-Dragons-club …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I read the first book, The King’s Peace, in this superb series the Christmas before last–and it has taken far too long to track down this second book in this wonderful retelling of the …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: DAW Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Joshua Palmatier This is a novella featuring the characters from Bradley P. Beaulieu’s “Shattered Sands” series. Premise: Ceda is a pit fighter who catches the eye of an ehrekh, an evil creature created ages ago by the god of chaos. She …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? The discovery of this series has been one of my reading highlights – and the reason I haven’t powered through all the books is because they are too good. I want to savor …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Spectrum Literary Agency Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? This series has become a firm favorite with both Himself and me, having been largely responsible for my renewed interest in reading novellas. So I was delighted when this one popped up …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Severn House Publishers Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: 3.5 Stars Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I selected this book on Netgalley as I enjoy well-told historical mysteries–and this one looked interesting. September, 1216. A foreign army has invaded England. The country is divided. Some support …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Penguin Published: 1977 Reviewer Rating: The Bane of the Black Sword, by Michael Moorcock Book Review by David L. Felts Plenty of people quote the title of Thomas Wolfe’s novel and say, “You can’t go home again.” What they mean is: that home that you remember, the …
