Nice little book. I pretty much read it in one go as I wanted to see where the story would go. I will track down the sequels so I can read them, but if I can get them used, I will. The main character reads like he has Aspergers or high functioning autism, but some of that changes as the book pr...
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.Majestrum is a relatively short (232 page trade paperback) science fantasy set in our own far-future universe which has been colonized far and wide by humans from "Old Earth." The protagonist, Henghis Hapthorn, is a "discriminator" ("he unravels conundrums,...
The first collection by writer Matthew Hughes, and the perfect companion to his acclaimed novel Black Brillion, The Gist Hunter and Other Stories features nine stories taking place in the universe of The Archonate, as well as four non-series stories. The stories of Henghis Hapthorn, Old Earth's "...
In my experience, they’re lazy and dumb – nothing like those drones in the stories, who supposedly work for the Fat Guy up north. I don’t like elves, and elves with guns I like even less. And when those guns are pointed at me – well, it’s like that Mafia guy on TV us...
Edgar Hoople was sweating under the TV lights in the first-floor shift-assembly room at Police Central that also did duty as a venue for news conferences. At the table next to him were Grimshaw, the crime scene specialist; Lieutenant Schmidt, the Public Affairs coordinator; and Captain Denby. Den...