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An editor! My kingdom for a content editor! Seriously, there are so many infodumps in this book that it's close on a reference book at times! And also, included in these infodumps are little instances of 'deux ex machina' that really could have been brought out in a much more natural way earli...
One of the best new fantasy stories out there. Theft of Swords is a combination epic fantasy and a story of two friends finding their path while relying on each other a bit more each step along the way. The writing it well-structured and stays out of the way of the story and really helps keep you dr...
This book was originally self-published in two parts, entitled The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha. Royce Melborn, a skilled thief-for-hire, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles, often double-crossing them i...
Sullivan's self-published six-volume Riyria Revelations series is being re-relased, two volumes at a time, by Orbit. I enjoyed the breadth of scope and multiple characters and the different take on a relationship between elves, humans, and dwarves. The relationship between Hadrian, an idealistic fig...
When I was about fifteen, I saw a girl reading a book in class. It wasn't a school book, but the cover looked pretty enough and nothing like I'd ever seen before, so I leaned over and asked her what it was. Shortly after, probably the same week if not on the day, I walked to the nearby library and b...