In Ashes Lie by Marie Brennan Published by Orbit and Out Now As above, so below. There is a struggle above. King and Parliament vie for power. Below, there is rebellion in the faerie realm and the Onyx Court. And in a humble bakery in London’s Pudding Lane, a spark will ignite and force all, [...]
Posts under ‘Summer Read 2009’
SR09 Review: Echoes From The Dead by Johan Theorin (Black Swan)
Echoes From The Dead by Johan Theorin Published by Black Swan and out now Echoes From The Dead is one of those books, which grabs you from the opening pages. And then as you get deeper and deeper you think you know what happens only for it to click too late. At least that’s what [...]
News and Comment: The Man Booker 2009
A total of 132 books, 11 of which were called in by the judges, were considered for the ‘Man Booker Dozen’ longlist of 13 books, which is: A S Byatt The Children’s Book (Chatto) J M Coetzee Summertime (Harvill Secker) Adam Foulds The Quickening Maze (Jonathan Cape) Sarah Hall How to Paint a Dead Man [...]
SR09 Review: The Last Colony by John Scalzi (UKTor)
The Last Colony by John Scalzi Published by UK Tor and Out Now I have a problem with The Last Colony. It has this character Jane Sagan in it who is a main character from The Ghost Brigades and I can’t remember here. I can’t remember much of it to be honest. And I’ve been [...]
SR09 Review: Lord of Silence by Mark Chadbourn (Solaris)
Lord of Silence by Mark Chadbourn Published by Solaris and Out Now in UK (US release is 28th July) I’m sure I’ve said it before but Mark Chadbourn via his heavily linked trilogies, Age of Misrule, The Dark Ages and Kingdom of the Serpent, is my favourite writer of modern fantasy. You’d this makes reviewing [...]
SR09 Review: The Devil’s Paintbrush by Jake Arnott (Sceptre)
The greatest shock for me reading this fictionalised retelling of history was understanding the meaning of the title. Not that the story itself wouldn’t be considered shocking in it’s day. And would probably be considered more than eyebrow raising now. The Devil’s Paintbrush is the story of the meeting of Major-General Sir Hector MacDonald, one [...]
