I just want to punch the world in the nose for these books not finding a larger audience. But ok, I get it. They're dark. These are not your standard urban fantasy stories. They're bitter, there's a sense of real ugliness in the world, a last-stand mentality that's all about true evil and the onl...
For everything I liked about this book there where 10 things I hated, mostly the abrupt ending. I hate when writers assume a reader is so into their book that they will automatically buy the next one. The main character is Ray and he was likable but he was a one trick pony. I didn't like his b...
I looked these books up frankly because I was looking for another Jim Butcher book and came across his recommendation. I read all 4 in the series and loved them. They are a dark urban fantasy about sorcerers and magic but his world is so different from others I have read. His protagonists are f...
Harry Connolly's third installment in the 'Twenty Palaces' series. This book reveals more of Ray Lilly's background. We meet some of his old crew and discover why they have reached out to him after all this time. This book is fast-moving and Mr. Connolly does not pull any punches. The trust b...
Instead of leaving one whole side open to clean, fresh air, she left only a narrow slot that barely allowed starlight in. Always, she dug upward and toward the east. Eventually, Ivy asked to stop, so they did. Cazia broke a hole high in the tunnel for ventilation, then carved out a hollow, flat ...
The "spirits" inside the spiral line dissolved in an upward spray of liquid light. The floor appeared at the outer edge of the design, and the void began to recede toward the center circle. The lights still within Payton's circle rushed through the opening into the void as though fleeing a fores...
His shield pinned to his hip. The man been unprepared for the way the beast would leap up on him. Tejohn had no time to think clearly or formulate a strategy. The grunt was nearly upon him. I can not throw my strength against a grunt’s. He lifted his shield high and, as the creature leaped on hi...
She still hadn’t seen the Tilkilit queen—even though she’d been close enough to spit on it…her…it—but her thoughts were constantly under watch. Whenever Cazia thought about freedom, home, escape, her Gifts, the weapons the Tilkilit warriors carried, or even how ugly the creatures were, the queen ...