Here’s your chance to get to know some of the characters from the upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The Road to Neverwinter by Jaleigh Johnson shares the origin story of a group of thieves at the center of the film. First, they meet, then they try to pull off the heist of a lifetime. If they succeed they’ll
Read MoreA terrible curse known as the Drought of Girls has inflicted the matriarchal society of the Five Queendoms for the past fifteen years. An entire generation without females has left the citizens of the queendoms fearful of the future. But with the death of the sorceress Sessadon, the drought has ended. Hope has returned but the change affects each of the
Read MoreDoric was abandoned by her parents in the woods when she was just a little girl. Luckily the wood elves found her and took her in. Since then, Doric has done everything she can to be useful. She figures this is the best way to assure that the elves don’t get rid of her as her parents did. When her guardian
Read MoreAlina is in a precarious position. She has basically become the prisoner of the Apparat. Trapped deep underground, far from the sunlight she needs, Alina is unable to use her powers. She needs to find the third amplifier to defeat the Darkling, but first, she has to find a way out from under the mountain and from under the Apparat’s control.
Read MoreThe Betrayed is the third book in the Dawning of Muirwood trilogy by Jeff Wheeler. Wheeler’s take on the famous Arthurian legend is told from an unexpected viewpoint. Instead of following Arthur or Merlin, or even Guinevere or Lancelot, Wheeler builds his story around a young abandoned girl named Eilean. In the previous two books, Eilean found her affinity for magic,
Read MoreJoin Alina as she tries to defeat the Darkling and save Ravka in Leigh Bardugo’s Siege and Storm. This is Bardugo’s second Grishaverse novel in the Shadow and Bone Trilogy. [ Warning: My review of Siege and Storm contains spoilers to this book and its predecessor Shadow and Bone (read the review here). Find this and many other books we’ve reviewed
Read MoreRavka is a country torn by war, and by something worse. The Shadow Fold, a place of darkness and monsters, was created centuries ago by the Black Heretic, an arrogant and dangerous mage. Alina is a cartographer in the first army, about to cross the Fold for the first time. When her ship is attacked by volcra she unknowingly releases a
Read MoreCamavor is an ever-expanding kingdom, reminiscent of the Roman empire, the British empire, or even the United States. As their new young king, Viego, pushes into yet more territory that doesn’t belong to him, an attempted assignation changes everything. His wife is poisoned during the attack and nothing can stop the venom. Viego begins to fall apart and so does his
Read MoreAn ancient illuminated manuscript, written by a woman no less, has been discovered in a cellar in Germany. The old woman who found it has contacted Professor Gertrude Eisenberg, a doctor who specializes in Middle High German. When Dr. Eisenberg examines the manuscript, she discovers the story of a young girl who lived 900 years ago. That manuscript is The Book
Read MoreEster is awakened in the night by the phone ringing. It’s a terrible connection but she makes out her son calling for help and saying “ruin…” before the call drops. She tries to call back but the phone didn’t register the call. That’s when she knows that something is wrong. Despite being forbidden from using her magic, she summons her Hex
Read MoreWelcome to another book series based on the world of a role-playing game from Aconyte. This time David Guymer brings the world of Descent: Legends of the Dark to life in The Tower of Nerek. In a world of magic and danger, three warriors have banded together to try and destroy the greatest threat they see to Terrinoth, even if they’re
Read MoreEvery researcher dreams of getting as close as possible to their subject. But what happens when the researcher gets too close? Under the best of circumstances, it clouds their objectivity and calls their research into question. But if a subject is sufficiently dangerous it can be a deadly mistake. This is exactly what happens to Emily Wilde in Heather Fawcett’s Emily
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