The Core [Harper Voyager, 2018]

The Core (The Demon Cycle #5) by Peter V. Brett And thus endeth Sharak-Ka! The fifth and final installment of the Demon Cycle is the culmination of a decade long journey for those, like me, that have been following it. This is a nice change of pace compared to the endless wait for some series…

Last and First Men [Gollancz, 2003 / Methuen, 1930]

Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future by Olaf Stapledon Ive been a fan of scifi for a long while now – I read practically everything but scifi is my greatest joy when written well and this one turned out to be a grandfather of them all! This masterwork was…

Curse Words: The Hole Damned Thing [Kickstarter, 2021]

Curse Words: The Whole Damned Thing by Charles Soule (Author) & Ryan Browne (Illustrator) This was a comic that I actually did not read during its initial run as a normal, monthly comic BUT I had been curious and due to my appreciation of the work of Charles Soule, I was intrigued and got a…

The Skull Throne [Del Rey Books, 2015]

The Skull Throne (The Demon Cycle #4) by Peter V. Brett To start with, allow me to simply say “HOLY SHIT!!”This is the most explosive fun this series has been since the first book. It’s impossible to review this in detail without doing some major spoiling but I will attempt a quick cut with as…

Giantess: The Story of the Girl Who Traveled the World in Search of Freedom [Magnetic Press/Neurobellum, 2023]

Giantess: The Story of the Girl Who Traveled the World in Search of Freedom by Jean-Christophe Deveney & Núria Tanarit I stumbled across this on one of my rare meanders through Kickstarter and something struck me in it so I contributed. For my support, I got a nice little hardcover graphic novel and a pretty…

The Daylight War [Harper Voyager, 2013]

The Daylight War (The Demon Cycle #3) by Peter V. Brett Brett continues his slow-burning saga of the Demon Cycle and has massive highs and a few slows in this third installment of his 5-part series. The focus on this series continues, as it did in The Desert Spear, spread between the principle characters of…