Hauntingly Dark, A Complex Partnership & Creative Storytelling
Rating: 4.5/5 If you have been looking for a replacement to fill the void left by BBC 4 radio’s Pilgrim series then you will find it in Cameron Sullivan’s debut novel, The Red Winter. Creative storytelling, captivating characters, this historical fantasy offers an alluring concept to the werewolf mythos all the while delving into France’s history and bourgeois society. Taking place during events like The Hundred Years War, The Beast of Gervauden and The French Revolution, Su
Apr 302 min read
Fantastic world building, Inventive story structure and Complex Characters
Rating 5/5 If ever an author were to combine the mind-bending dream-verse of Christopher Nolan’s Inception with the grey morality offered in the universe of Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher I feel it would be Nicolas Lietzau. Lietzau’s canon fantasy Dreams of The Dying is pure satisfaction to a reader such as myself with just enough political intrigue and psychological horror to leave me wanting more. After his work on indie game, Enderal: Forgotten Stories, it’s clear Lietzau
Mar 312 min read
Scottish Myths, Fallen Orders and Cursed Swords
Rating 5/5 Imagine Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher but with a Scottish twist. That’s what to expect from Tristan Gray’s Call of The Black Wing ; a six story collection following wandering Crow, Fiadh on her quest for answers and vengeance. It was inevitable that I would end up getting a hand on this collection. By now we already know my fondness for Gaelic inspired tales. Still a thanks to Gray for selling me a copy at World Fantasy Con. Call of The Black Wing was the st
Feb 262 min read