“I am still mad.” She met his eyes. “But we could be about to die, so, priorities.” He smiled down at her. “Priorities.” So what’s the book about? When an imperial family is found slaughtered, the Officers of God are called in to investigate. Evidence points to a rebel group trying to strike fear into…
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Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro
But then suppose you stepped into one of those rooms,’ he said, ‘and discovered another room within it. And inside that room, another room still. Rooms within rooms within rooms. Isn’t that how it might be, trying to learn Josie’s heart? No matter how long you wandered through those rooms, wouldn’t there always be others…
The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden
All my life,” she said, “I have been told ‘go’ and ‘come.’ I am told how I will live, and I am told how I must die. I must be a man’s servant and a mare for his pleasure, or I must hide myself behind walls and surrender my flesh to a cold, silent god….
The Dragonbone Chair – Tad Williams
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Book 1 “When you were old, did your memories crowd out your other thoughts? Or did you lose them—your childhood, your hated enemies, your friends?” So what’s the book about? A treacherous battle ensues between the sons, Elias and Josuah, of the aged King Presbyter John. For he lies dying after…
The Empire of Ashes – Anthony Ryan
Draconis Memoria – Book 3 “Time in war is not given….it’s bought, with blood.” So what’s the book about? Freedom will be paid for with much blood and fire in the war against the White Dragon. Everything is at stake and the sacrifices to be made are very high. The white dragon has risen and…
Kings of the Wyld – Nicholas Eames
“Matrick plied his knives like a parade drummer, his rhythm so fast his enemies didn’t know he’d murdered them until their god asked them if they took milk in their tea” So what’s the book about? Clay lives a quiet and familiar life. No one would suspect that he was once one of the famous…
The Girl and the Stars – Mark Lawrence
The Book of the Ice 1 “There seemed nothing else to say. Sometimes all your words are the wrong shape and none of them will fit into the silence left when the conversation pauses.” So what’s the book about? In the ice, there are different tribes that fight for their survival day after day, against…
The Six Cities – Cyrus Bales
“As soon as you start establishing governments and systems of money you’re surrendering some of that freedom.” So what’s the book about? Six immortal guardians, so-called Ghosts, have protected and also ruled their own of the six cities for generations. And each of these rules their own city in a very unique way. After a…
The Jasmine Throne – Tasha Suri
“I have always made myself into what was required of me. I have always belonged to someone else. My father, my mother, my husband. And I think I want something- someone- that is mine.” So what’s the book about? Ahiranya is a nation ruled by a fanatical emperor while dealing with a disease called rot….
The Legion of Flame – Anthony Ryan
Draconis Memoria – Book 2 “Money is best thought of as a shared delusion. An unspoken fraudulent compact between the rich and the poor ascribing value to worthless tokens in return for the illusion of societal security.“ So what’s the book about? The White Dragon has awakened – and with it the horror that is…
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