When Amazon chose The Lost Queen by Signe Pike as its Editor’s Choice for Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, I knew I needed to read it. What I discovered was a book with few fantasy elements but compelling characters in an infrequently explored period that made for a satisfying historical fiction read. Amazon ranks the…
It’s been six years since D.B. Jackson’s last Thieftaker novel, Dead Man’s Reach, and boy, have I missed going back to Colonial Boston in the years leading up to the American Revolution! But the wait is over now that Jackson has published a trilogy of novellas titled The Loyalist Witch. The Witch’s Storm is the…
My journey with Uhtred of Bebbanburg has finally reached its end with War Lord, the thirteenth and final book in one of the greatest historical fiction series of all time. I began my foray into Cornwell’s The Saxon Tales back in 2005. Thirteen books later, I’ve followed the life of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, one of…
This month, my new novella, Hela’s Bane, is being featured in a BookFunnel promotion called “Witch’s Brew.” All the featured stories involve witches or witchcraft of some type in a mix of genres, from urban fantasy to epic fantasy, paranormal romance, historical fantasy (like Hela’s Bane), and some dark fantasy too. But best of all, they’re…
Tonight is Hexennacht, or more commonly known as Walpurgis Night or St. Walpurga’s Eve—which means today my newest novella, Hela’s Bane, is officially on sale at Amazon! You can get your copy here! Hela’s Bane is a prequel to The Fae Dealings, and ultimately, a prequel to the Dragon-Myth Cycle, which begins with Enoch’s Device….
Twelve books into his Saxon Tales series, Bernard Cornwall has delivered one of his best Uhtred tales yet in Sword of Kings. The novel combines the Game of Thrones-style politics of The Empty Throne with the desperate circumstances of The Pale Horseman. It’s a page-turner too, and I ripped through this book in a few…
I’m excited to reveal the cover of my upcoming novella: Hela’s Bane! The novella is another prequel to my Dragon-Myth Cycle series, which begins with Enoch’s Device. Here’s the new cover and a brief description of the book: What Terrors Come on Witches’ Night? A.D. 775. The village of Ellryk harbors a terrible secret. One that…
It’s been more than a year since I finished reading War of the Wolf, the 11th book in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Tales series. For some reason, I never got around to writing a review. Perhaps it was the pandemic, which broke out right about the time I finished this book. But as they say, better…
Saint Patrick’s Day is one of my all-time favorite holidays, so today, I’m re-posting an article about Stephen R. Lawhead’s Patrick: Son of Ireland. I had little appreciation for Saint Patrick’s story until I began my research for Enoch’s Device. The novel tells the story of two Irish monks who try to prevent the apocalypse at the end…
As soon as I finished Ken Follett’s The Evening And The Morning, I dove headfirst into the final novel in his Kingsbridge series: A Column Of Fire. I’m glad I did—it might be the best one yet. A Column Of Fire stands out as markedly different from the rest of the Kingsbridge series. While The…
The Stand miniseries wrapped up last week with the series’ best episode, in my opinion. The episode was an extended epilogue written by Stephen King for the show. It ties to the book’s epilogue, but it’s really a story about Fran Goldsmith and how she finally had to make a stand. I only wish the…