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Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Posted on 24 October 202420 October 2024 By Graham No Comments on Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky is an acclaimed British science fiction and fantasy author. Best known for his Children of Time series and the Shadows of the Apt fantasy series. His stories often incorporate biology, evolution and amazing world-building. Children of Time (2015) won the Arthur C Clarke Award. Adrian has a dedicated following in both Science Fiction…

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Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio

Posted on 20 October 202428 October 2024 By Graham No Comments on Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio
Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio

Christopher Ruocchio is an American science fiction author best known for the Sun Eater series. It is a blend of space opera and epic fantasy. The debut novel was Empire Of Silence in 2018 which is the first in the Sun Eater series, now comprising 6 main novels and many novellas in between. Ruocchio has…

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New York Minute, Stephen Aryan

Posted on 10 October 202410 October 2024 By Graham No Comments on New York Minute, Stephen Aryan
New York Minute, Stephen Aryan

Stephen Aryan is a Fantasy author from the UK. His debut Battlmage was published in 2015, and since then, he has traditionally published several series: Age of Darkness and Age of Dread. The latest series is the Quest for Heroes duology. The latest published novel is Blood Dimmed Tide, the sequel to Judas Blossom. The…

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Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, Peter F Hamilton

Posted on 17 September 202417 September 2024 By Graham No Comments on Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, Peter F Hamilton
Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, Peter F Hamilton

Peter F Hamilton is a British Science fiction Author. He is best known for space opera, the Nights Dawn trilogy, and the Confederation books. He is one of my favorite Sci-Fi authors and I always buy his work knowing I will be happy. In a past age, humanity fled a dying Earth in massive ark…

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Reading update

Posted on 19 August 202419 August 2024 By Graham No Comments on Reading update
Reading update

Apologies the rate of posts has stalled, it’s been a busy couple of months. I am still reading and I have a few reviews to get up, it’s just finding the time. Currently, I am reading several books. This goes against my rule of one Fantasy and one Sci-Fi book, but I am steadily reading…

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Ink Blood Sister Scribe, Emma Torzs

Posted on 21 July 202421 July 2024 By Graham No Comments on Ink Blood Sister Scribe, Emma Torzs
Ink Blood Sister Scribe, Emma Torzs

Emma Torzs is a Fantasy author from the US and is a teacher, writer, and translator. Emma has written short stories that have been published but Ink Blood Sister Scribe is her debut novel. For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through…

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Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken), Ryan Cahill

Posted on 22 June 202422 June 2024 By Graham No Comments on Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken), Ryan Cahill
Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken), Ryan Cahill

Ryan Cahill is a Fantasy author most known for the Bound and the Broken series. Synopsis from Ryans website: Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of…

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It’s Strange Up North

Posted on 16 June 202416 June 2024 By Graham No Comments on It’s Strange Up North
It’s Strange Up North

I love books, this goes without saying. But I also love to meet the authors that I love to read. This is something that is normally out of reach for me as I either don’t have the funds or it’s just too far to go to events that are more often than not, in London!…

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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, S. A. Chakraborty

Posted on 16 June 202416 June 2024 By Graham No Comments on The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, S. A. Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, S. A. Chakraborty

S. A Chakraborty is a Fantasy author most known for the Daevabad Trilogy, Adventures of Amina is her latest novel. “Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire…

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Seeker, Samuel Griffin

Posted on 29 May 202429 May 2024 By Graham No Comments on Seeker, Samuel Griffin
Seeker, Samuel Griffin

Samuel Griffin is a debut author of a new Flintlock series the Sentinel Archives. Seeker was released on the 14th of May 2024. “Today I am equipped with the knowledge that my future was to be far greater, more exciting, and more disturbing than anything so simple as my young imagination could then conjure. Indeed,…

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