Review: Ambril’s Tale: The Return of the Dailluth by Wendy D. Walter
With Ambril’s Tale, Wendy D. Walter has made her first contribution to this […]
Review: The Sylvan Song by Phin Scardaw
Symna marries Valcomn after a dream told her Valcomn’s brother, Jono, was not her future. Jono disappears even before Valcomn and Symna fall in love, and years later returns with a music box made by the Mystics, and […]
Review: Fantastica by Victorio Velasquez
Before I summarize the novel I would like to state that this story is meant to be silly. Velasquez is poking fun at fantasy novels and about the world we live in today. He goes out of his […]
Review: A Searcher Summoned by Perrin Pring
Do you feel like escaping into a new world? Perrin Pring’s world in A Searcher Summoned (The Ryo Myths) is filled with lossals, ringers, zombies, dream searchers, Eoans, Afortiori, and the Chozen.
Before the universe was created, the Eoans and the Afortiori were one. They were not human, but clouds of raw elements. They constructed the universe as a challenge. The introduction of free will drastically changed the fate of the universe. Some of the Eoans developed […]
Review: The Shadows Touch by R. Scott VanKirk
I had the privilege of reviewing the first novel and I enjoyed it immensely so with great anticipation I opened to the first page of the sequel. Ian Finn Mortgenstern’s, the hero in the first novel, life has not improved much since we last saw him in The Dryad’s Kiss. His father is residing in the mental institution, Shady Oaks, and so is his best friend’s […]
Review: The Dryad’s Kiss by R. Scott VanKirk
[…]They built the mound layer by layer, with each layer accepting more of the bones of the fallen. Finally, on top, facing the south and east, they interred the remains of Wahkoceethee the Eagle and Sheshepukwa the Cougar. They buried the fallen warriors with ceremonies of respect and thanks along with their totems. When Anakthepeuke the Rattlesnake died, he would be buried facing the west and the strongest of them all, Mactequeta Bear, in turn would be buried facing the terrible north. They would take their totems with them so their spirits could tap the power of their totems in
Review: Cephrael’s Hand by Melissa McPhail
Cephrael’s Hand is Book One in a series called A Pattern of Shadow & Light and is the first novel by Melissa McPhail. Our story is set in the mythical realm of Alorin, three centuries after a massive war which almost wiped out an entire race called the Adepts. A three-continent map of Alorin is included, as are a Glossary of Terms and Dramatis Personae.
I consulted the front matter […]
Review: The Hunting of The Bubblenuff by Joshua Goldfond
The Hunting of the Bubblenuff follows the adventures of Fabian Vermeer, an eccentric 19-year-old who lives in the fictional world of Lornholm. He is both a Priest and Inquisitor by profession, acting in the service of the Church of Solomn, god of Justice and Fluffy Clouds. Yet Fabian’s true, lifelong passion is “Cryptonaturalism”: the study of hidden, mythical beasts like the Sugar Moose (a rare but friendly creature whose candy cane antlers are treasured by hunters), the Solardillo (a bioluminescent armadillo used to replace campfires), the Hamsterdon (a 40-foot high hamster that runs around in a giant bamboo ball and […]