The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.

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The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
Even in a country that is becoming more and more congested, there are still places where modern society does not intrude, where solitude can still be found.…
Against the wishes of his sister, acting regent, Prince Ashoka has reinstated the ban on killing mayakari – witches – but many choose not to obey, forcing…
Well into the Red Ship War, King Shrewd and his son, Prince Verity, are in desperate need of magic users. Their ancestors foolishly allowed the Skill coteries…
Eat The Ones You Love is such a great title. I expected plant-based horror akin to The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham or A Botanical…
I really enjoyed this fantasy novel, combining almost futuristic-leaning magic with intriguing and intricate politics, and a broad range of convincing characters. I worried at the start…
The sequel to the very funny How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, Wexler does not disappoint with the tricky second book in the Dark…
After ‘Hail the New Age’ at the end of last year, Mike Chinn returns us to the cold-hearted Ramini Republic in ‘Citadel of the Moon’. It’s a…
Prequels are always an interesting proposition. There’s a line to walk between what readers of the original work expect from the characters and writing an original story…
The Wren family are your typical dysfunctional wealthy dynasty: a distant, but brilliant father (Thayer Wren); an ambitious and equally brilliant older sister (Meredith Wren); the unambitious…