Well, it took me almost nine years to get there, but now I am all up to speed on which fantasy was hot in 2006!I don't often read short story collections, so this was a nice change of pace for me. I liked the low-level commitment, and the fact that if I didn't like one story, it wouldn't take long f...
I would like to come here and unreserved rec this one because it was fun and quick and had an interesting premise. But I can't because the female characters were uniformly awful, existing solely to be victims and love interests, and often both at the same time. The protagonist seemed to be to be som...
Contains the story "Pervert" by Charles Coleman Finlay, recommended by Paolo Bacigalupi
Just like when I had read the first book in this series (Majestrum), I find myself hesitating over what rating I should give this book. I think I like it. It's definitely interesting. The setting is fascinating, and the characters are - different. The plot - I'm not sure about that, but still, after...
While acting as a middleman on a ransom case, Henghis Hapthorn runs into an amnesiac woman calling herself Hespira. Hapthorn's attempts to restore her memory take them all over the Spray. Meanwhile, the ransomer and the ransomee both have Hapthorn in their sights. Can Hapthorn restore Hespira's m...
I don't remember ordering this, but apparently I thought I deserved a nice treat.
A case involving missing persons sees Henghis Hapthorn flung centuries into the future, where magic rules instead of reason and the five most powerful magicians of the age are looking for him. Can Henghis survive long enough to return to his own time?The Henghis Hapthorn books feel like they're wri...
1.5 stars perhaps. Forgettable stories. Kept finding excuses not to finish the book. I finally realized I was not looking up any of the authors' other works to read. Time to move on. So many other good books to read.
Indentured professional duelist Conn Labro finds his sole friend murdered and his debt cancelled. Among his friend's affects was the deed to an entire world, willed to Labro. Can Labro figure out why his friend was murdered and where he belongs in the universe?Template was a pretty good tale. Wh...
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