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5 Fantasy Getaways: Summer Fantasy Books to Beat the Heat

Looking for summer fantasy books that whisk you away from the heat? Cool off with these top summer fantasy books—skyships, sorcery, and epic worlds to escape the heat.

10 Epic Fantasy Books to Read If You Love Brandon Sanderson

In this “10 Epic Fantasy Books to Read If You Love Brandon Sanderson” guide, you’ll find blockbuster hits and indie treasures brimming with fierce female leads, inventive worldbuilding, and heart-pounding stakes! These epic fantasy novels are perfect for both Sanderson fans and newcomers alike.

Heavenbreaker Book Review (2025): Giant Mechs, Space Jousting, and Unchecked Rage

I really did enjoy this book. In the same way you can love an over-the-top action movie that skips past logic for the sake of spectacle, Heavenbreaker delivers raw, fast-paced fun.It’s like Gundam meets high fantasy with a splash of Evangelion—where space knights duel in giant mech suits powered by a strange, possibly alien, intelligence. The story follows Synali Hauteclare, a bastard noble with a score to settle. And she’s settling it one brutal space joust at a time.

Echoes Under the Hollow: 5e TTRPG Encounter

The players journey to the Hollow, a cursed village fractured by a shattered Anchor. As the final known resting place of the Original Anchor, the Hollow is the heart Sorren Vallok's efforts at corrupting the Anchor. Vallok seeks to reshape reality using this Anchor's power. The players will confront the fate of Esmeray, his daughter, whose soul is bound to the Anchor's corruption.

Welcome to the Worldbuilder’s Anvil

Ever wondered why characters in Ascendant: Saga of Valor speak in broken, glitchy phrases—or what lives beneath the floating islands of Aithos? This isn’t just worldbuilding—it’s the director’s cut. In this deep-dive post, I’m pulling back the curtain on the hidden lore, lost metaphors, and behind-the-scenes choices that shaped the saga. From Orwellian language control to mist-drinking trees and gill-breathing citizens, every detail had a purpose. Whether you’re a loyal reader hunting easter egg

The Ultimate Guide to an Awesome Fantasy Book Club

A book club is one of the best ways to share that. To gather people around a single story and find the unseen angles through the eyes of each other. Not every club does this. But the best ones do.They don’t just read the book.They step into it."The Ultimate Guide to an Awesome Fantasy Book Club" is here to help you build that kind of club—not perfect, but personal. Wonderful adventures, together.

The Enchanted Forest: A Fantasy Folk Tale

Not so far away, within a forest awaits an enchanted place. It is a place only wanderers, fortune-seekers, and foolish children seek to go. It is now a cursed place and full of wonders. Of those, whose lives the forest has claimed, their treasure and tales lie — waiting to be discovered.Eighty-six years ago when I was but a wee lass, I left my mother's gardens, hopped my father's walls, and disappeared into my great-great-grandparents' forest. Unlike any other time, I delved into the wooded

The Hollow That Hungers: 5e TTRPG Encounter

The Anchor shard has been recovered, and the Dragonbone relic beneath Las Coronas has been disturbed. Upon returning to the surface, the adventurers find the village silent. No birds sing. Villagers whisper of strange dreams, lights in the fog—and a second child has now gone missing.

Book Boxes For Fantasy Readers

Three Book Boxes for Fantasy Readers - Each One, Wrapped in Mystery: Some book boxes just send books. Broken Binding sends artifacts.

Shattered Echoes of the Anchor: 5e TTRPG Encounter

After the events at the Red Stag, the adventurers hear rumors from the surviving hunters about where they found the Anchor shard.