Appearances are there to be ignored, for the biggest hearts may reside in the smallest and unlikeliest of creatures. Those who fail to look beyond the surface will never encounter true virtue – not in others and certainly not in themselves. So what’s the book about? The Protected Land – here humans, elves and dwarves…
A Pilgrimage of Swords – Anthony Ryan
The Seven Swords 1 “The human consort of the Absolved, ” Book explained. “Said to be the most perfect man ever to grace the earth. The Absolved was smitten at the first glance they shared, as too was Thandril. It’s said their love endured for more than a century, the youth kept youthful by the…
The Hellborn King – Christopher Brenning
There would be time enough to mourn for his love, but it would’nt be now, Gareth Bethard had decided. Now would come a time of blood, and death, and hate. So what’s the book about? The North wants to reclaim their land after a massacre of their people and now Damien Dreadfire is bringing together…
Never Die – Rob J. Hayes
Telling the dead a secret, something no other person in the world knew, so that the living and the dead would forever be bound to one another, no matter how many worlds they might be apart. So what’s the book about? The tyrannical emperor of Hosa, Henan WuLong, is to be killed to give freedom…
The Forgetting Moon – Brian Lee Durfee
The brave and pure of heart are recorded in scripture, to be sure, but so are the craven, the venal, and the foolhardy. No man is perfect. Rememeber, even the Warrior Angels were once brawlers, rogues, and thieves. One single man, even be he the reincarnation of one of the Five Warrior Angels, cannot be…
The Kingdom of Liars – Nick Martell
I don’t have friends— only accomplices and enemies. You’d be amazed at how often they change sides. So what’s the book about? Michael gambles, cheats and duels to ensure his own survival and to provide for his family. When Michael was a royal back then, he did not have to worry about the simple things…
Stone of Farewell – Tad Williams
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Book 2 He was not great; he was, in fact, very small. At the same moment, though, he was important, just as any point of light in a dark sky might be the star that led a mariner to safety, or the star watched by a lonely child during a sleepless…
Breach of Peace – Daniel B. Greene
“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…
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….
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