Book Review: Battle Mage by Peter A. Flannery

Format:  oversized paperback, 2017, first edition Pages:  630 Reading Time: about 15.75 hours   Do you like dragons? Demons? Farm boys with swords that go to a school for training? Battle tactics and armor descriptions? Then this book is for you! In all seriousness, I was a little nervous about multitude of tropes that manifest …

The Black Shriving (damaged) Giveaway

As I mentioned in a previous post, my copy of The Black Shriving (Book 2 in the Chronicles of the Black Gate series) arrived damaged, with a crease across the front cover of the oversized paperback. Amazon sent me a replacement, so I thought I'd see if anyone would like the damaged copy for free. …

Book Review: The Call of the Sword by Roger Taylor

Format: paperback, 2nd revised edition from 2008 (originally published in 1998) Pages: 212 Reading Time: about 3 hours   This was a book that I decided to take a chance on when I was searching for potential purchases on Amazon. Although The Call of the Sword could be considered a classic review considering it was …

Another Anticipated Book for 2018: Port of Shadows by Glen Cook

Add another book to my Most Anticipated List for 2018: My ban on Glen Cook only applies to the Garrett P.I. novels. I've been waiting for another Black Company book for a long, long, time, considering I devoured the first 5 books in 1990, as well as Dreams of Steel when it was released that …