This is the long-awaited capstone to the bestselling, highly popular Spiderwick Chronicles, and is actually a replica of the book which carries much of the story’s plot. In the books, the three Grace children find their uncle’s Field Guide to … Continue reading
You may notice that many reviews have ISBN, page count, release date and price that doesn’t always jib with what’s in the stores. In many cases, I was working with the hardcover or some other edition of the book in … Continue reading
Still working some bugs out of the system. In the meantime, enjoy new reviews of L.A. Meyer’s Bloody Jack, Curse of the Blue Tattoo, Under the Jolly Roger, and In the Belly of the Bloodhound, the first four books in … Continue reading
Hell To Pay, by Simon R. Green, and my review sidebar from the April 2006 issue of Realms of Fantasy have been uploaded.
No sooner has one battle ended for young hunter-turned-reluctant hero Eragon and his dragon Saphira, than another begins. For the world has become an ever more dangerous place, filled with uncertainty and potential betrayal around every corner. The Empire now … Continue reading
For those who attend college, freshman year is perhaps the strangest, most trying period of their time there. Away from home for an extended period of time, with ready access to drugs, alcohol, and the opposite sex, exposed to all … Continue reading
For Art and Myrtle Mumby, life is anything but normal. They dwell in the sprawling house known as Larklight, which occupies an orbit out in the blackness of space beyond the Earth’s Moon. Their history is one in which Newton’s … Continue reading
Nearly two centuries before Alanna the Lioness broke all the rules to become a lady knight and a legend, the land of Tortall looked to different heroes to keep them safe. Heroes such as Beka Cooper, of the Provost’s Guard. … Continue reading
For the most part, Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar universe has been a single-author playground, semi-sanctioned fanfic notwithstanding. However, every now and again, Lackey officially allows others to play in her sandbox. This is the third such collection, and once again she … Continue reading
Here we come to one of my favorite anthology themes: time travel. Sixteen authors tackle the ever-fascinating world of temporal cause and effect, in which their assorted protagonists attempt to change their pasts and futures for better and for worse. … Continue reading
