Genre: Fantasy Publisher: CDS Books Published: 2004 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I honestly didn’t expect much from the Highwayman. Mostly, it was an interest to read a non-D&D novel from R. A. Salvatore. He is extremely popular, yet I could only finish …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Pocket Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I admit to being a little nervous when I first cracked open Star Trek: The Q Continuum. I had found very little–well, let’s be honest, nothing–in Greg Cox’s Underworld novel …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Unity is not a bad book. It’s not really a good book either. It is enjoyable and was a satisfactory way to pass my …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Lethe Press Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I really don’t know what to say except WOW. Were this a restricted site I might add a Holy Cr… but I won’t. This collection is packed full of …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? To call this book a Star Trek book is a bit of a misnomer. The Federation certainly instigates the prime plot trigger, but this is done off stage. Work …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? While the anthology Star Trek S.C.E: No Surrender is not the finest work of literature I’ve ever read, it certain was entertaining. The collection presents four short stories (maybe …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Warner Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I really didn’t know what to make of John Ridley’s Those Who Walk In Darkness when I started it. It had superheros in it (though not going by that name). …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Warner Books Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? With the Duke of Uranium, John Barnes has singing-on nailed science fiction high-adventure. Toktru. Not only that, but he’s added some cool slang, masen? The Duke of Uranium isn’t very …
Genre: Movie Novelization Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I never saw the film. Having enjoyed Blade and Blade 2, I figured I might check it out, but likely on DVD. The thought of Kate Beckinsale in skin-tight …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? (Ed. Note: This review is for both book 1 and book 2) I have to admit, I didn’t have high hopes for this two-parter. Still, I was a fan …
Genre: Alternate History Publisher: Warner Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I was actually a little bit worried when I got my hands on Zulu Heart, the sequel to Steven Barnes’ fabulous Lion’s Blood. My review of that book tells you …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? David Gemmell is a good writer. He’s proved that to me and I have no question as to his capability. That’s part of the problem. I know what he’s capable of. When …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I find myself quite capable of containing the excitement. I have to go on record before I begin my review as not being impressed by any of Mr. Gemmell’s Waylander novels so …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 1995 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I’ve been very effusive of my praise for David Gemmell’s ‘Rigante’ books. I’ve finished another of Mr. Gemmell’s books, this time Quest for Lost Heroes. Now, I don’t know much about the …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? The third novel in Dave Duncan’s “King’s Blades” setting, Sky of Swords is a story of intrigue, betrayal, fear and politics rife with narrow escapes, bribery, love and, of course, swords. …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? The second book of Dave Duncan’s ‘King’s Blades’ series begins as a book of the King’s Blades but then morphs into something else. While two of the main characters are Blades, …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Morrow William and Co Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? Imagine that Sir Thomas More had not only lived as a master swordsman, but that he had never needed to choose sides in Henry VIII’s “Great Cause”. If you …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? If Sword in the Storm was Morte d’Arthur and Midnight Falcon was Gladiator, then Ravenheart is part Rob Roy and part Braveheart. There’s also a fair dash of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverly …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? Following many years after the story told in Sword in the Storm, Midnight Falcon is the second of David Gemmell’s Rigante books. While Sword in the Storm had many similarities to the …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 1998 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I have read David Gemmell before. Many years ago, I read Waylander II, or some such novel. As you can tell, it had little impact on me. Granted, it proved an enjoyable …
