When Jassenah har Sulh arrives in the Wraeththu town of Jesith to train magically with the famous hienama Ysobi, he's unprepared for the effect this har will have on him. Ysobi opens Jassenah's mind to the potential that hara can reach for and in doing so, also opens his heart. Just as it seems J...
Storm Constantine here creates a dark and fantastical other world where ancient thoughts and races combine with a humanity that is part 18th century nobility and part druidic lore; where monsters in your dreams are as real as you or i. Pre-dating True Blood, Anne Rice and all the interminable Tea...
This is the first book in the second Wraeththu trilogy by Storm ConstantineAgain, I'm really blown away by her beautiful writing style and the characters I keep falling in love with. This book actually is timed between the second and third in the first trilogy. It is very much the story of the se...
Who alone can master the millennial power? In book three of The Grigori Trilogy: Stealing Sacred Fire Peverel Othman has come home, though not as himself. Through the old magic of the Grigori he is now once again Shemyaza, an angel of awesome power who led the rebellion of angles to mate with and...
In this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far more beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gif...
I loved parts of this story, but it’s got a higher angst level than other Wraeththu booksWarning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS. Rating: 9/10PROS: - The characters in these later books (the Histories) seem more personable to me than many of the characters in the ori...
My favorite of the seriesWarning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS. Rating: 9/10PROS: - It’s interesting seeing all of the events in this story from the perspectives of new characters. We get to see many of the old favorites (the main characters from the earlier books)...
This is the second book of Storm Constantine’s Grigori trilogy. I read the first book, ‘Stalking Tender Prey’, about ten years ago and had forgotten a lot of the story. Fortunately, Constantine provides a recap (which is spread out over the course of the first quarter of the book, so it doesn’t f...
Parts of it I decided to rewrite; Vaysh pointed out to me the places where I'd been too vague or too hurried. Essentially, the writing of these pages has been an exorcism for me and surprisingly, a relaxation; one thing to look forward to every evening, even if I never actually get the time to wr...
Written in an elaborate script in black ink upon a thick piece of pinkish handmade paper, were the words: Ysobi: Please call at the Domain today. I wish to speak with you. Mossamber har Whitemane. I was under no illusion that this was anything other than an order. Mossamber had kept away from me ...