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September 9, 2015
Free Prequel to ‘The Cathedral of Known Things’ from Edward Cox
We here at Fantasy-Faction were big fans of Edward Cox’s début novel, The Relic Guild. It was a fantasticly written book featuring multiple kinds of magic by an author who shows a lot of potential. Naturally then, we are excited about the upcoming sequel, The Cathedral of Known Things. To tick us over until the novel […]
Star Wars Aftermath by Chuck Wendig: Review
The Canon of Star Wars is in a state of confusion right now and long-time fans of the franchise are, rightly, angry. Since 1978, people all around the world have been investing their time into reading, watching and playing within the Expanded Universe. Hundreds, if not thousands, of hours have gone into this pursuit and […]
September 7, 2015
The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
Zombies and vampires are so yesterday. Angel mythology appears to be the new frontier. The House of Shattered Wings spins its tale about The Fallen, angels who have been cast out of heaven for reasons unremembered. They set up camp on Earth in an alternate history of Paris, France. Houses are founded by the most […]
September 5, 2015
Bloodrush by Ben Galley
Welcome to the Wild West, he thought. Last stop before Hell. The fantasy genre has long been filled to the brim with coming-of-age stories. Chances are, if you’re perusing Fantasy-Faction and reading this review, you’ve read more than your share. Chances are also pretty good that you haven’t read one like Bloodrush. The first book […]
September 4, 2015
9 Things I Wish I’d Known about Writing from the Beginning
The other day, I had a lovely conversation with a friend who is also a writer. We both have very similar writing styles, but arrived there from two completely different paths. She is what I would consider a formally trained writer – she has a degree in professional writing. Me? I was home-schooled, most of […]
Loss of Identity in Twelve Kings
Today we welcome a good friend of ours, Bradley Beaulieu, to Fantasy-Faction. Bradley’s new novel Twelve Kings has been picking up incredible reviews across the Blogosphere and we wanted to know some more about Bradley’s motivations on certain elements of the novel. Details on where to buy Twelve Kings and find out more on Bradley […]
September 2, 2015
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
One of my most anticipated books of this year comes out on September 10th – you may have seen people like Naomi Novik, Lavie Tidhar and Ann Leckie lauding Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown. Or you may have seen the finished hardback, which is beautifully covered in enough gold foil to make a dragon […]
September 1, 2015
So What’s The Fuss About Campaign Cartographer?
The map has been a feature of many a fantasy novel for over a hundred years. Whether it be Tolkien’s Middle-Earth or George RR Martin’s Westeros, fantasy fans have poured over imaginary cartography since a map of the Land of Oz was first included as part of L Frank Baum’s Tik Tok of Oz back […]
Priest by Matthew Colville – Fantasy-Faction’s SPFBO Winner
I was sent 27 Self Published novels to read as part of Mark Lawrence’s Self Published Fantasy Blog Off. The process of the SPFBO is that 10 Fantasy blogs around the world make their way through a total of 267 Self Published books and each selects a champion. Once a champion has been selected they are entered into […]
August 31, 2015
Terry Pratchett attacked by Guardian Journalist Jonathan Jones…
A disappointing article appeared in The Guardian today entitled “Get real. Terry Pratchett is not a literary genius“. The journalist who wrote the piece, Jonathan Jones, begins by telling readers that ‘I have never read a single one of his books and I never plan to. Life’s too short.’ I guess that on its own […]
