Last of Crichton’s books, published nigh on a decade after his passing, Dragon Teeth follows William Johnson as he travels into the American West in the late 1800s. At first he was to accompany Othniel Marsh, but the paranoid paleontologist left Johnson behind, deciding he must be a spy of Marsh’s rival. Unable to return […]
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Book Review: The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milan
Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milan is the first in the series by the same name. It follows several different, sometimes overlapping perspectives. During a ferocious battle at a river, which featured several of our main male protagonists- Karyl, Jaume, Falk, and Rob Korrigan- Voyvod Karyl is betrayed by his comrades and left for dead. To […]
Book Review: The Bokkaners of the North by Paul Horsman
The Bokkaners of the North by Paul Horsman is third in the Wyrms of Pasandir series. Eskander and crew are relaxing after their adventures against the Brisans. Planning next steps leads them to a new base in the Peaks. The long abandoned trade centre was magically preserved for millennia, stuffed full of technology whose origins […]
Book Review: Pirates of Brisa by Paul E Horsman
Second in Horsman’s exciting Wyrms of Pasandir series, Pirates of Brisa continues the adventures of young Eskander and his friends. A chance encounter with a pirate in a darkened alley draws Eskander into a search for missing kids. After learning that the pirates kidnapping the orphans of Seatome are doing so for the lich king, […]
Book Review: The Road to Kalbakar by Paul E Horsman
The Road to Kalbakar is first in Horsman’s Wyrms of Pasandir series. Eskander is a young ship’s boy on the naval ship Tipred, a boring task since nothing ever happens. That all changes when a passing coaler gets attacked by a massive sea monster called an octicalvo. Parasitic flying fish then attack the Tipred, forcing […]
Book Review: Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32 by BCR Fegan/illustrated by Lenny Wen
Welcome to the Hotel of Hoo! Mr Nicholas Noo will be your guide, introducing you (and his very first guests) to the crew that works at the Hoo. Door by door, you’ll meet elves, fairies, ghosts, and trolls. There’s even a room with dragons! But whatever you do, avoid Door 32! My cubs and I […]
Book Review: Dragon Dancer by Joyce Chng & Jeremy Pailler
An ancient dragon and a young boy weave magic together to drive away bad luck and draw in the good. Once a year Shen Long, a great blue-scaled tian long luck dragon, is woken from his slumber to dance the dragon’s dance of luck and prosperity. Always before had it been Grandfather who danced with […]
Book Review: A Wild & Unremarkable Thing by Jen Castleberry
One from a background of privilege, one poorest of the poor, two young people set out to make their fortunes slaying a Fire Scale. Every fifteen years, the great flame-scaled dragons emerge for a brief time to mate and eat, before sealing themselves back into their lairs among the Summer Alps. During the last Emerging, […]
Book Review: Flame in the Dark by Faith Hunter
Flame in the Dark returns to the darkly magical realm of Soulwood, pitting Nell Ingram and the PsyLED team against an unknown paranormal with deadly intentions. A vicious killer out for blood, and a young woman still feeling out her place and purpose in life, cross paths in Faith Hunter’s fast-paced urban fantasy Flame in […]
Book Review: Road of the Lost by Aidan Russell
****This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review First in the Judges Cycle, Russell’s Road of the Lost is a fast-paced fantasy with an RPG feel. War is brewing, as dark elves and ogres invade the forests of Meridep, preparing to raise an ancient being. Dragons have appeared in a land bereft of them […]