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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…
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The concept of the coffee-table book is a conceit aimed at promoting conversation. Today, the term often refers to a beautifully produced book that invites the observer…
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The Spice Gate is set in a secondary world consisting of six of what are essentially islands, which are separated, however, not by sea but by the…
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The end of the previous book saw Rune sailing away from her homeland with uncertain allies. Her secret identity, as both a witch and as the Crimson…
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‘Oh, the horror!’ wails a student damned to the first circle of R. F. Kuang’s hell. ‘Oh, to not be clever!’ Katabasis (2025)traces a Cambridge postgraduate’s journey…
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It was only two days ago that Alma met her father, Lord Zander Avera, vessel of a god. An illegitimate child, Alma grew up in her mother’s…
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The second book in a series always has a certain amount of pressure and expectations associated with it, particularly when the first has been a Sunday Times…
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Anne Hoffman was minding her grandfather’s second-hand bookshop when a noise from within the many out-of-sight aisles captures her attention, for none had entered the bookshop. There…
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There are stories that stay with us, floating around our subconscious, half-remembered from childhood. And there are also stories that make us. Asimov is like that for…
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A Harvest of Hearts is set in a fantastical kingdom where magic is fuelled by people’s hearts. These are stolen from helpless citizens who fall head over…
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