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Review: The Secret of Excalibur (The Excalibur Saga Book 1) by Sahara Foley

★★★★ The Secret of Excalibur by Sahara Foley

It’s the 1980s. His name is Arthur Merlin, and he’s on a quest for Excalibur.

When an accident goes very, very awry, one young man walks away better than ever before. He can control things with his mind, teleport, and more. When the US government wants this young man found, he makes his way to London to find out more, with the assistance of a secret branch of the MIs. But what exactly is Excalibur, and how dangerous is it in the wrong hands? Find out in The Secret of Excalibur by Sahara Foley.

The legend of King Arthur […]

2016-10-27T07:02:38+02:00September 21st, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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The Emperor Returns by William Durkin and Shayne Durkin

TERIn 2014, a ten-year-old girl asked her father if he could assist her in writing a book. That book was Emperor Norton’s Treasure Hunt, a “real life adventure” based in 1950s San Francisco – a local paper devises a treasure hunt with clues in their publication in order to boost sales and win the war for newspaper supremacy in the city.

The Emperor Returns is the sequel to the Durkin duo’s debut hit, starting off at the launch of Sputnik 1, two years after the San Francisco Chronicle’s infamous endeavor. The team are ripe for a new venture, […]

2019-01-22T06:00:07+02:00September 21st, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , , |
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Review: Warlocks of Evergreen (The Evergreen Journals Book 1) by T.I. Dunsterville

★★★★½ Warlocks of Evergreen: The Evergreen Journals Book I by T.I. Dunsterville

The world of Evergreen is everything its name implies, and more. A living world – a truly living, sentient planet – of beauty and magic.

But there is more to this planet that meets the eye. Settlers begin to experience changes, and lose their interest in leaving as the other races of the strange and beautiful land begin to commune, and even form families together. The planet plunges into war as Paul Rider, a half-human born from colonist and native, starts a great cleansing of non-human species. It falls to sisters Dasimbe and Cierva, as well as their friends, […]

2016-10-13T07:56:22+02:00September 19th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Journeys of the Agenyre: Masters of the Will: The Hunt for the Golden Watch by Adrian Ray

Journeys of the Agenyre-Masters of the WillJourneys of the Agenyre: Masters of the Will: The Hunt for the Golden Watch by Adrian Ray is a young adult fantasy novel with an intriguing premise, making for a good start to a new fantasy series. Aarron Hutches and Anna-Lisa Ammerson are Agenyre, otherwise known as Will Masters, who are able to bend elements at will. This is much more than standard elements like fire and water: they can bend spirit, heart, space, time, energy, and even more. The two teens go on a quest using their abilities to find a magical artifact split into four parts, which could […]

2016-08-31T07:26:00+02:00August 31st, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |
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Review: The Ever Fiend (Talon Stormbringer Series) by Randy Ellefson

★★★★½ The Ever Fiend by Randy Ellefson

Talon Stormbringer is many things – a thief, a rogue, a legend. Is he a fool too?

Tasked with finding the land of Everway by the very same wizard he tried to steal from in the first place, Talon must join forces with a band of misfits in order to find the legendary silver elixir for his new employer-by-force. The powerful artefact is only known from stories told to children to get them to sleep at night… then again, so is Everway, so who can tell what’s fact and fiction?

For Talon’s sake, one can only hope that tales […]

2016-11-03T09:31:50+02:00August 29th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Blood and Fire (Bloodthorn Series Book Two) by Adam Collins

Blood and FireBlood and Fire is the second book in the Bloodthorn Series, the medieval fantasy series by Adam Collins.  The plot introduced in this trilogy is traditional fantasy fare, unmistakable in its genre roots as much for its sprawling world as its colorful characters, which includes dwarves, wizards, princesses, faerie folk, demonic villains, and monsters galore.  It is a high fantasy adventure of battles and heroes, supplemented, of course, with nothing less than the staple quest to save a princess.

In Book Two, we continue on with the attempted rescue of Princess Megan by the King’s elite soldiers, as she is […]

2016-08-16T10:37:20+02:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |
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Stolen (Bloodthorn Series Book One) by Adam Collins

StolenIf you’re into sword and sorcery, battles, and magic, you’ll certainly find what you’re looking for in the Bloodthorn trilogy, starting with Stolen: Book One, an adventure of the classic type fantasy fans have come to know and love. Hero Brinn has an uncanny climbing skills, perfect to be a Pathfinder with the King’s elite. But he’s been found guilty of murder…of the King’s cousin. However, when the Princess is kidnapped as she travels to a marriage to join kingdoms, the King has to turn to Brinn and his soldiers for help.

A classically-styled saga fantasy filled with the […]

2016-08-16T10:35:50+02:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |
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Review: Constant Guests by Patricia Nedelea

★★★★½ Constant Guests by Patricia Nedelea

Isa would probably say she’s your average girl. Maybe it’s wishful thinking – with all the turbulence in her home and personal life, it’s easier to drown herself in the party scenes of Paris. Too bad for Isa the unusual circumstances of her birth come crashing into her life as her biological mother – the one she only just found out about, no less – dies in front of her without a word.

Confronted with some uncomfortable truths, the unusual event urges Isa to find more, and into a mystery that her mother was willing to die to solve, […]

2016-08-17T04:47:29+02:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |
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