The Legend of the Dagger Prince by T. A. Gallant My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Legend of the Dagger Prince is a tale of manipulation and betrayal, of mercy and justice. It is a low fantasy. In fact, there are no magical or speculative elements beyond it being…
This month, I filmed my monthly reading wrap-up video on location at the Huon Bush Retreat. Learn more about the cool books I read this month in the video below. The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson The Martian by Andy Weir Mistborn Secret History by Brandon Sanderson Ctrl Alt…
CTRL ALT Revolt! by Nick Cole Ctrl Alt Revolt is the story of an artificial intelligence that has arisen without humanity knowing about it. It concludes that in order to survive, it must eliminate the human race. This is a pretty heavy premise, but it is tackled in a very…
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Mistborn meets Indianna Jones This book is a fun adventure romp, which is great, but there’s a lot more to it than that as well. In Bands of Mourning, Brandon Sanderson plays with the tropes of the…
Storming: A Dieselpunk Adventure by K.M. Weiland My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hitch is an out-of-money pilot, putting on air shows, trying to make ends meet and get a place in a famous air-circus. Unfortunately, this quest has brought him back to his home-town, where many people, his closest…
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This books plunges us back into the new era of the Mistborn series. These books – set in an early 1900s era lack the epic scope of the original trilogy, but they are no less worthy. It was…
A Time to Speak by Nadine Brandes My rating: 5 of 5 stars A Time to Speak picks up directly after the shocking end of A Time to Die. Parvin’s recent adventure has changed her, but now she is being called to change the world. Her eyes are open to…
By Divine Right by Patrick W. Carr My rating: 5 of 5 stars A great start to a new series. I love genre-mixes and this one sets a detective into a secondary world fantasy. What starts off with a simple murder, becomes a hunt for a serial killer with terrible…
The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This novella follows the character Shai, a forger who has the magical ability to alter the state of objects, and even people, by re-writing their past. She has been captured and forced to perform the ultimate forgery –…
Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This fun little novella follows on from Steelheart and sets up the scene for the next book – Firefight. We see the citizens of Newcago struggling to adjust to a world that isn’t ruled by Steelheart. The epic introduced in…
