"You study bestiaries in order to acquire knowledge about what you will have to fight against. Remember, however, that knowledge is not everything. Books will teach you about known facts—about monsters that are familiar to us. Books will also permit you to understand that known unknowns exist—monsters which we know must exist, but which we... Continue Reading →

"And chivalry—” Wilhum let out a short, bitter laugh “—is the worst trick of all, for it fools us with the illusion that war is anything but a chaos of slaughter and suffering."-The Pariah by Anthony Ryan Orbit was kind enough to send me the completed trilogy of The Age of Wrath which I am... Continue Reading →

“You make me feel desperate, but not like that fleeing hare. Like I’m seeing fresh air. Like I have claws. Like I could topple head-first into the Void just to bask in the abyss. Every second is vicious, and soft, and I never want to be anything else."-Voidwalker I had read S.A. Maclean's debut, The... Continue Reading →

"The more nervous or show-offy divers climbed and dived, climbed and dived, like good little penguins, but she stayed on the deck loosening up and watching the first races, giving a small jump each time the buzzer cracked and the swimmers leapt off the blocks. She loved the churn and separation of bodies as the... Continue Reading →

"I arrived at the Kansas farmhouse in a summer storm. They say the wind was so violent, it made her hair go sideways. I don't know who she was, only that I clung to her, sobbing."-West of Wicked I picked up another romantasy this week, West of Wicked, since The Shadows That Listen hadn't fully... Continue Reading →