Honored to make the short list

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A few weeks ago I posted about the Booknests' Fantasy Award, and how Age of War was picked by a panel to be one of the 50 titles submitted for consideration. The judges included nine popular fantasy blogs (Bookworm Blues, Fantasy Book Critic, Fantasy Book Review, Fantasy-Faction, Grimdark Magazine, The Fantasy Hive, The Fantasy Inn, The Grim Tidings Podcast, and The Weatherwax Report), three big fantasy imprints (Gollancz, Harper Voyager, and Orbit), and two well-respected agents (John Jarrold and Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky Literary Agency).

What an amazing list with some incredible books, and I was pleased to be included. What I didn't expect was to make the short list. After all,  forty books had to go, and I expected mine would be one of them. But out of some miracle (and thank you to everyone who voted), the book made it to the shortlist.


Once again, I'm including some data from Goodreads (which I've updated from my last post). The odds-on favorite would be Children of Blood and Bone although I won't count out how much people enjoy Brandon Sanderson's work.

Title Author  Rating  # Ratings   # shelved  A Time of DreadJohn Gwynne4.471,0315,769Age of WarMichael J. Sullivan4.473,76418,415Bloody RoseNicholas Eames4.391,7508,624 Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi4.2845,682183,220Iron GoldPierce Brown4.2621,14172,530Master AssassinsRobert V.S. Redick4.186584,466Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 4.6359,709142,362Spinning SilverNaomi Novik4.3215,22569,506The Fall of GondolinJ.R.R. Tolkien4.085937,812The Girl In The TowerKatherine Arden4.4217,31952,275
Voting is open for the next round, and again don't feel obligated to vote for Age of War (you'll just be throwing your vote away, but by all means, vote for whichever book you want to see win.