By Tim Pratt Paizo Publishing, LLC., $9.99, 400 pages Rodrick is a rogue in every sense of the word: he is smart, witty, charming, and above all self-serving. Together with his magical talking sword, called Hrym, Rodrick spends his days …
By Robin Hobb, Jodi Foster Subterranean, $35.00, 184 pages The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb is a delightfully hard-edged fairy story which speaks words of truth to future generations of a princess and her son. When …
By Liesel Schwarz Del Rey, $25.00, 352 pages A Conspiracy of Alchemists is a truly unique amalgam of urban fantasy, steampunk, vampires, warlocks and romance. Moreover, author Liesel Schwarz pulls these diverse themes together in a delightfully entertaining way. Conspiracy is set in Europe …
By Devon Monk Roc, $7.99, 352 pages The last time readers met up with Allison Beckstrom, a dying man warned her that two of the most corrupt magic users were headed in her direction, intent on destroying Portland and taking control of …
By Mercedes Lackey DAW, $25.95, 330 pages It seems as if life is great for Herald Trainee Mags. He has his Companion, Dallen, and his classes, and kirball training is about to start again. His best friends, Bear and Lena, are in …
By Felix Gilman Tor Books, $25.99, 368 pages The Rise of Ransom City completes the best fantasy duology of the last five years. Starting with The Half-Made World, Felix Gilman has created a wonderful allegory allowing us a different way of understanding how …
By Dave Gross, James L. Sutter (editor) Paizo Publishing, LLC., $9.99, 398 pages Count Varian Jeggare and his bodyguard Radovan have entered the elven forests of Kyonin on a mission to get Varian’s beloved Red Carriage fixed by the only …
By Deborah Cooke Signet Eclipse, $7.99, 393 pages Let Deborah Cooke take you on a journey of shape shifting dragons and the magical women with whom they fall in love. This story is about a man named Brandon who has shunned his …
By Kari Sperring DAW, $7.99, 481 pages As a girl, Aude, who lives with her wealthy uncle in Silver City, had a vision of what she calls her Shining Place, a place she still hopes to find someday. But after a trip …
By Liane Merciel Paizo Publishing, $9.99, 384 pages Nidal is a rather gloomy nation, where the shadowcallers of the dark god Zon-Kuthon excel in the arts of torture and can summon demons to do their bidding. Isiem is taken from his home …
By Philippa Ballantine Pyr, $17.95, 340 pages Hunter and Fox by Philippa Ballantine is a fascinating new sword and sorcery fantasy using the metaphor of chaos to explore questions of human identity. Our characters must survive on land that’s emerging from primal …
By Charles Stross Ace, $25.95, 326 pages Bob Howard looks like your average work-a-day bureaucrat, which helps when you’re a government agent secretly defending England from supernatural threats so horrific the mind can barely comprehend them. So when Bob is unofficially tasked …
By Elizabeth Bear Tor, $25.99, 336 pages In Range of Ghosts, author Elizabeth Bear as magician presents a rather magnificent trick. By infusing historical fiction with magic, she’s created one of the most interesting fantasy books of the year so far. At the …
By Paula Brandon Spectra, $15.00, 384 pages The prophecy is coming true. In the Veiled Isles, the power of magic is in flux, plague is running rampant, the city burns, dead walk the streets, and reality is wavering. In her first writing endeavor, …
By N.K. Jemisin Orbit, $14.99 , 448 pages The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin is the first of two books set in a new fantasy world—the next is published almost immediately, making the wait mercifully short—in which a few carefully trained and religiously devout …
