review

I wasn’t expecting my copy of The Gathering: Reuniting Pioneering Artists of Magic: The Gathering for at least a couple of weeks. The Kickstarter notifications had recently gone out, and with the polar cold tightly gripping the Northeast, I presumed I’d have to wait a bit before I’d be allowed to thumb through it.

Stalking the Beast: Pathfinder Tales Howard Andrew Jones 400 pages, Paizo Publishing LLC Paperback, $8.80 ISBN 978-1601255721 A monster is attacking people across the River Kingdoms, but this isn’t just any creature. This monster is soundless, invisible, and deadly. People are getting desperate, and they turn to the elf ranger Elyana and her friend and

The Adversary, Book III of The Sundering Erin M. Evans 432 pages, Wizards of the Coast Paperback, $7.19, Kindle $15.37, Hardcover $ 16.77, Audiobook CD $10.11 ISBN 978-0786963751 As the title of this review suggests, this is the third book in The Sundering series. If you are not familiar with this series, get thee to

Buried in Angst David Pedersen 465, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Paperback $18.95, Kindle $3.99 ISBN 978-1484861899 Your dreams have come true, you became the knight and hero you always wanted to be, you saved the kingdom, and you have a child on the way. For most folks, this would be enough. For Angst, though, there

The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi Mark Hodder 290 pages, Pyr Paperback $18.00; Kindle $8.69; Audiobook CD $10.11; Audible $25.95 or free ISBN 978-1616147778 After the assassination of Queen Victoria, a cabal of important men whose names could easily fill the all-star team for their time (King George IV, Prince Albert, and others) have been

Chris Willrich 270 pages, Pyr Paperback, $15.95, Kindle $8.69 ISBN 978-1616148133 Some people take being partners in crime to a whole new level, and Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone are “those” people. Gaunt is a bard. Well, she’s a poet (close enough) who craved adventure and was fascinated by the undead from a very young

Kindred and Wings Philippa Ballantine 390 pages, Pyr Paperback, $13.50 ISBN 978-1616147792 On the back of the dragon Wahirangi, Finn the Fox flees the world he has known. As he sets out to find the brother he never knew existed, he still holds in his heart the memory of the Hunter. He has denied his

A Guile of Dragons James Enge 320 pages, Pyr Trade Paperback, $17.95 ISBN 978-1-61614-628-3 This book starts out with Merlin. I’m sure you’ve heard of him—he hung out with that guy who had that table and that sword. It turns out he had a son named Morlock, and thus A Guile of Dragons has a

The Silver Skull Mark Chadbourn 424 pages, Pyr Paperback, $6.80 ISBN 1591027837 Introducing Will Swyfte, who has earned the descriptors of spy, adventurer, swordsman, rake, swashbuckler, wit, and esoteric scholar. His exploits against the forces of Spain have made him famous, which isn’t exactly good for a spy. But Swytfe’s above-the-covers, undercover life has been

Hunter and Fox Philippa Ballantine 340 pages, Pyr Paperback, $17.95 ISBN 978-1-61614-623-8 Talyn is a Vaerli, a once powerful race that has had the seven gifts of magic taken from them by the Caisah, a powerful and evil being who controls a world that is constantly changing. When I say “changing,” I mean the environment

In Thunder Forged: Iron Kingdoms Chronicles (The Fall of Llael, Book One) Ari Marmell 300 pages, Pyr Publishing Paperback, $18.00 ISBN 978-1616147730 In Thunder Forged is part of the Iron Kingdoms Chronicles, which are stories based on the Warmachine steam-powered fantasy wargame. I have never played Warmachine (sorry, Pedro), so I was not completely familiar