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She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with …
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It might be more adult in tone and have adult characters, but it’s got a kind of YA/Harry Potter vibe to it. I’m enjoying it for now, but the story of an underdog loner pushed to a champions tournament while having to solve a murder and kill a god (or whatever it is) might get old soon.
Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation …
The setting is the Mediterranean at the end of the Middle Ages, if Carthage had won against Rome, if the Muslims had not conquered the Maghreb and Spain, if Jesus had been a woman, and if Europe had been threatened over the centuries by many elvish invasions. Oh, and magic happens.
The characters are well defined, but perhaps too close to DnD classes: the paladin, the sorcerer (no, the magician!), the cleric, the thief, the barbarian… So the whole adventure feels a bit like a ttrpg campaign.
On the other hand, Abercrombie is a master storyteller and I’m curious about what’s happening next for the company.
The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times …
They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back…
New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary …
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
But they …
Short and dynamic, I would love to read more adventures in this world… but it’s also very good as-is.
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about …
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic …
I would very much like to know more about what China Mieville and Keanu Reeves both brought to the table.
John Hero, alias Cobrastar, profite d’un massacre inopiné dans un restaurant paumé de l’Arizona peuplé …
Vraiment un délire de mec, vite lu et sans doute vite oublié
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little …
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of …
Re-read before reading Neom, by the same author, in the same universe
In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to …
The author writes so very vividly about life 1350 years ago in Great Britain. One of these books I wanted to read as fast as possible, but that I didn’t want to actually finish, you know?
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
The ending was a bit messy and all that characterization felt a bit long, but I really enjoyed it!
Profitant des querelles au sein de la famille ducale, les clans d’Ouromagne ont pris l’initiative …
Enfin, on voit où il voulait en venir ! Poussifs en diable, les deux premiers volumes m’avaient presque décourage de lire la fin du cycle. Mais j’ai persévéré et la récompense est audacieuse et on ne peut qu’être amusés qu’il l’ait prévue depuis le début.
