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[[Category:New Reviews|Fantasy]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Guy Gavriel KayA G Slatter|title=Children The Briar Book of Earth and Skythe Dead

|summary=Two spies employed by the Republic of Seresta are sent to the court of Jad's Holy Emperor Rudolfo, 'The DestroyerThere's a part of me that wants to keep this just to myself for however long I can. The firstThis secret magic of my own, Leonoraall mine, knows what she's doing right down at last. I just want to hiding behind the cover of enjoy it for a sham marriage assigned for that purposewhile. The second'' Within a remote mountain pass, Perofar away from the world, is lies Silverton; a young artist kidnapped for town under the protection of the task. He has no previous experience but heBriar's expendable so that's not completely necessary, a family of witches who protect the town and the wider world from the Darklands. Events transpire Though she has always wished for magic, Ellie Briar is the first non-witch to ensure that both spies will need to rely on mariner be born into her family for generations and merchant Marin as such since she was young, her training as a steward revolved around letters and Serjani fighter Danica more administration rather than they thinkspells and potions. Yet even they canWhen her grandmother suddenly dies, Ellie't stop s cousin Audra becomes the conflict thatBriar Witch, the town's on leader, and Ellie takes her place beside her. As challenges come her way left, right and centre, Ellie uncovers the horizonrare ability to communicate with the dead, putting her at the heart of a maelstrom of chaos. Rudolfo has his eye on extending his empire globally Reeling from one family secret to another, Ellie must decide who to trust and Jad help anything that gets in determine what to do as the wayBriar witches' legacy, everything they have sacrificed to survive, is under threat.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473628105</amazonuk>1803364548

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Aliya WhiteleyRachel Greenlaw|title= The Arrival of MissivesCompass and Blade|rating= 43.5|genre= Literary FictionTeens|summary=In ''I can hear the aftermath song of the Great War, Shirley Fearn dreams sea. The call of challenging the conventions of rural Englanddeep, where life is as unchanging as the seasonsanswering beat in my heart. The scarred veteran Mr Tiller'' Rosevear, a remote and partially forgotten island, left disfigured by an impossible accident survives on luring ships into the battlefields rocks and plundering the wrecks. Mira, like her mother before her, is one of Francethe seven who swim out to survey the ruins – rescuing any survivors and any treasure that lies within. But when the Council Watch lays a trap to end the wrecking, they capture the island's leader and Mira's father. Desperate to save him from death, brings Mira makes a bargain with him a message: part prophecywreck survivor who is as charming as he is secretive and with only coordinates to guide her, part warningshe sets off in search of a family secret that lies buried deep in the sea. As ShirleyWith only nine days to unearth what might save her father, as her journey takes her from the watched streets of foreign islands to the heart of the smuggler's village prepares for the annual May Day celebrationsterritory, where a new queen will Mira must be crowned and determined to stop at nothing to save the future reborn, she must choose between change of her home and renewal – will the missives Mr Tiller brings prevent her mastering her identity?ones she holds most dear.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1907389377</amazonuk>0008664730

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ben PeekT Kingfisher|title=Leviathan's Blood (Children)Thornhedge

|summary=BEWARE, spoilers for Book 1 ahead:''You had a right to retake your place.'' The immortal Zaifyr is now in prison on Wila where heT Kingfisher's facing trial for the murder latest novella is a lovely reimagining of Keepers Fo and Bau. Ayae, the former apprentice is no longer the small child who walked unscathed from a burnt out shop. All she wants to do now fairytale that is save lives but she's frustrated at every turnwell known and well beloved. Captain Aned Heast But whilst there is on a mission he won't let drop; he wants princess trapped in a name for his band of mercenaries but tower, sleeping under an eternal enchantment, Thornhedge is not just any nameher story. Meanwhile be afraid; somewhere out there Instead, our protagonist is Toadling, who was stolen away by fairies when she was a new-born baby and secreted away to the Child. The Child is comingland of fairie where her childhood was spent being taught how to draw magic from her veins and cast spells.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1447251318</amazonuk>1803364238

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jenni FaganNicole Jarvis|title=The Sunlight PilgrimsA Portrait in Shadow

|genre=General Historical Fiction|summary=Dylan walks away ''I want all of Florence to know my name'' Cast out from this family's small London indie cinema Rome, Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking an oasis in 2020 to live on which her art can find a Scottish caravan site. His new neighbours Constance home and where her transgender 12 year old Stella future can thrive rather than stagnate. But as some as she enters Florentine society she faces great opposition from the powerful Accademia, the self-proclaimed guardians of the healing magics that through paintings have troubles the power to protect the city and its citizens from plagues and curses. The all-male Accademia has hoarded power over art and architecture for centuries and guard it above all else. To them, Artemisia – an ambitious young woman who promises trouble and change – has no place amongst them and their society.|isbn=1803362340}}{{Frontpage|author=Thomas D Lee|title=Perilous Times|rating=3|genre= Fantasy|summary= ''Hate is the path of their ownleast resistance'' Set in the near-distant future, but in a world on the odd verge of climate collapse, Britain is in great peril. The British winter isn't helpingIsles desperately needs a hero (or several) to save the day and rescue what little remains. As What no-one expected was that one of the Knights of the country faces true Arctic temperatures life goes on… or at least it tries toRound Table would answer the call.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0434023302</amazonuk>0356518523

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mark LinganeAmelia Estelle Dellos|title=Fault/lines (Hadron Damnation Book 0)Delilah Recovered|rating=4.5

|summary=What starts off We meet Dee at a point when her life isn't going as a day that should planned but things might, just might, be remembered for a medical appointment soon becomes anything but about to look up. Out of work, about to lose her flat, Dee is up for DCI Tracey Hansonan accountant's job. When planes start falling from the sky she and DI Reggie Chambers are thrown together in the thick of But it's not to be. In the midst of the carnage, a teenager Dee is orphanedattacked by two men calling themselves witch hunters. Definitely a tragic event She survives the attack but is there more not unscathed. Witch hunters? What on earth has that to it than do with Dee? She's just an ordinary woman, living an ordinary life. Slivers of memory of things that?are not ordinary at all return to her and things will never be the same....|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>153061936X</amazonuk>B0BKYFDLLV

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Joe AbercrombieHadeer Elsbai|title=Sharp EndsThe Daughters of Izdihar

|summary=I often feel that short stories are an indulgence on Drawing inspiration from Egypt, ''The Daughters of Izdihar'' explores the part lives of two women who could not be more different, yet find themselves fighting for the author, they get to write down a lot rights of their ideas that don't really fit into women and weavers – those with magical abilities - in a larger storysociety pitted against them. The stop/start nature of them never sits well with meNehal, born into the upper class, just as I am starting wishes to get attend the Weaving Academy to know a character they are gone. One way of solving this would be learn to use characters that a fan will already know; perhaps explore control her abilities and then join the pastmilitary, or but instead she is forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. Giorgina on the future. That sounds other hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great pressure to provide for a fanher family and maintain their reputation, but how do you do this whilst also catering secretly attending meetings of the Daughters of Izdihar – a group campaigning for a new reader?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0575104678</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=David Sanger|title=All Their Minds In Tandem|rating=5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=October 1879: A stranger walks into New Georgetown, West Virginia to keep an appointment. He calls himself 'The Maker' and has a gift that gives him access to peoplewomen's mindsrights. Gradually he'll become deeply acquainted Giorgina also happens to be in love with the townsfolk but it mustn't sway him from what he's here to accomplishNico. One manWhat follows is a story of an unjust society, filled with hypocrisy and cruelty, one mission from which blossoms a group of admirable women fighting for their rights and no guarantee how it will endovercoming their personal obstacles.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1784293954</amazonuk>0356520471

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Joel MentmoreHeather Fawcett|title=SmartEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

|genre=ThrillersGeneral Fiction|summary=Jon Emily Wilde is an expert academic scholar on faerie lore, and Skull – Matthew to his mum – are men with a passion for technology she has travelled extensively, and built a business around that. They also embrace anything innovativeresearched meticulously, as John has embraced Lucy; a smartphone app that monitors and assists with his health and to write her life choices's work, the very first encyclopaedia of faeries. Skull Whilst she is more into the idea of expanding Tesla car technology brilliant at research and speaking to faeries, she is not so lets Jon get on good with itpeople. Therefore So when Jon goes missingshe finds herself far, far North in the small village of Hrafvsnik, having somehow offended the village matriarch, Skull she is not only surprised but doesn't realise sure what Jon was caught up inshe has done, nor how to redeem herself and put her final investigations for her book back on the right track. Shame he didnEnter Wendell Bambleby, her dashingly handsome and insufferable rival who arrives unexpectedly, all charm and delight, much to Emily't pay more attention as that would not only help Skull find Jon, it may keep both of them alives frustration. But why is he here? What does he want? And what exactly is going on with the faerie folk around Hravsnik?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0993484824</amazonuk>0356519120

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jen WilliamsChristopher Golden|title=The Silver Tide (Copper Cat) Road of Bones|rating=3.5|genre=FantasyHorror|summary=The Black Feather Three - Copper Cat Wydrin Kolyma Highway… the 'Road of Crosshaven, Lord Aaron Frith and Sir Sebastian - Bones'… the sought after sell-swords are always looking R504. Stretching for their next adventure andover a thousand miles across Siberia, more importantly, their next pay day. Sebastian is still feeling lost after having to leave his love behind but heit's one of the world'll come arounds most notorious routes. He has to; theyFor months of the year it've just been given s a job by renowned pirate captain Devinia the Red. They've been commissioned to help her and the crew spread of sheet ice suspended above the aptly named permafrost surrounding it, while its 'spring'Poison Chalice'' to go sees it turn into a land famed for its monsters and ghostshuge blodge of unremitting, apocalyptic-level mud, which dries into rutted, puddly dust. I don't think google streetview updates it very often. A place deep in magic where Built because Stalin wanted so much uranium and other Siberian minerals, and because he wanted to give too many people vanisha lesson, it legendarily cost a life every metre it covers. A place where none of the three really want to go You can easily find documentaries about it online, but they have no choice: Devinia the Red is Wydrinthat's mum.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472211154</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Stefan Mohamed|title= Ace a bit rich, for one of Spiders|rating= 5|genre= General Fiction|summary= Stanly our main characters, Felix 'Teig' Teigland, is frustrated. Having set himself up as Londona film-maker, doing a recce with his cameraman buddy, John Prentiss – who's protector, mostly there to encourage the project to fruition to claw back some of the funds he'd invested in the pair's finding that prior TV projects. They pick up their oh-so-chatty local guide, gain the everyday practicalities company of superheroism are challenging at besta local beauty, and downright tedious fetch up at worstthe guide's childhood village. So it And that's almost a relief when an attempt is made on his life and Stanly finds himself rushing headlong into a twisted adventure, with enemies new and old coming out of the woodwork. However, even with his friends and his ever-increasing power behind him, he may have bitten off more than he can chew this time. The monsters are coming… and nothing will ever be the same!where things start to go awry…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1784630675</amazonuk>1803361476

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Adrian SelbyAndrew Givler|title=SnakewoodSoul Fraud (The Debt Collection Book 1)

|summary=Kailen''Matt has a terrible life. Seriously—it's Twenty are an elite; awful. It is so bad that Dan the type Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: 10 years of mercenaries that live on a blissful life in legendexchange for his soul. It therefore stands to reason that the authorities want them dead but they aren'' Poor Dan! I know, I know, we shouldn't the only onesfeel sorry for soul-catching demons. But he really is a terrible salesman. As the guerrilla war between rebels He never hits his targets and governing classes rages on, a lone assassin, as elite as the Twenty, unknown when he fails to get even Matt to those sign on the same side is on their trail. Who is dotted line, he's so desperate that he and why the vendetta? The answer will be revealed one day to those still alive to hear itsimply forges Matt's signature.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356505529</amazonuk>1958204021

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Adrian TchaikovskyOlivie Blake|title=The Tiger and the Wolf (Echoes of the Fall)|rating=4.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=Maniye is a girl torn between her mother's tribe, the tiger people and her father's wolves. She has always known her father and wolf chieftain killed her mother as soon as Maniye was born but she has only just discovered his purpose for Maniye's life. There is only one alternative for her: to run away, taking Hesprec the snake and proposed wolf blood sacrifice. Although what she hasn't reckoned on is just how much she has to learn, her father's determination and the dogged perseverance of Broken Axe, lone wolf and hired killer. She also seems to be running towards a world on the verge of a horrific war as Maniye places herself between a rock and a very hard place indeed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230770061</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=A K Benedict|title=Jonathan Dark or The Evidence Of GhostsAtlas Six

|summary=Maria King sits by the Thames mudlarking - sifting through the washed up treasures - on a regular basis. Only today she finds a ring in a box with 'Marry me Maria' on the lid in braille. Blind from birth Dark, sharp, and now blind by choicehighly inquisitive, the words can be for no one else but Ms King. However a greater surprise awaits inside the box: the ring is still on a finger belonging to the last girl who received such a proposal. DI Jonathan Dark is assigned to the case, not realising what he's taken on or the sort of help he'll need to call on. The dead are all around him, his plan is not to let Maria join themAtlas Six'' makes its publishing debut after becoming a Tik-Tok sensation.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1409144550</amazonuk>1529095239

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Daniel PolanskyAbraham|title= Those Above|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary=For three thousand years Those Above have ruled over their human subjects. From the glittering palaces of their eternal city, they enforce their will with fire and sword. Twenty-five years ago, mankind mustered an army and rose up against them, only to be slaughtered in a terrible battle. Whilst hope died that day, hatred survived. Whispers Age of another revolt begin to stir throughout the oppressed: a widowed woman, dedicated to revenge: a general, the only to defeat one of Those Above; and a boy killer, who rises from the gutter to lead an uprising.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444779915</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Den Patrick|title=The Girl on the Liar's ThroneAsh

|summary=Lucien doesn’t want to declare war on Landfall and its Silent QueenWe meet Alys under the most northerly of Oldgate's four bridges, Anea, whom he grew up with as an Orfano. She runs she has a dictatorship of militant suppression knife in her hand and suffering which is rather unlike hera meeting that she dreads. Unbeknown to Lucien, Meanwhile the throne City of Landfall Kithamar is occupied by Eris, an imposter and puppet used by those with far fewer scruples. Anea herself is imprisoned at a point in the palace oubliette surrounded by Myrmidon, a half-human army created by Erebus. There's little chance turning of her escaping or getting very far if she did. However, for Anea 'little chance' is a challenge, not a preventative.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473200040</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- Upload 16/2 -->|author=C E Robinson|title=Lilith: Eden's Planetary Princess (The Michael Archives Book 1)|rating=3.5|genre=Fantasy|summary=35,000 years ago a war in heaven bleeds onto when the planet Eden. King Joshua's angels worlds are being harvested, at their essence drained off thinnest and their remaining bodies no good for anything apart from a euthanasia; a fate from which they can't be reincarnatedall things are possible. From this good essence It is created evil Nephilim, creatures at the bidding night between the funeral of a Prince and the coronation of Satan's Overlordshis successor. Out of this battle between good and evil For a planetary princess arises and this first book in night the Michael Archives records her journey: the journey of Lilith from ordinary to extraordinaryKithamar is un-ruled.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>B018N7F2B8</amazonuk>0356515427

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Charlie Jane AndersAnn Sei Lin|title= All The Birds In The SkyRebel Skies

|genre= FantasyTeens|summary= All Kurara has spent her entire life as a servant on the Midori, a massive dining hall floating in the sky where soldiers of us have awakenings as teenagersthe Empire come to drink and make merry between their conquests. However, but Patricia's is more extreme than most – discovering when a man named Himura arrives to tell her that she is a witch who can speak Crafter like him, someone with the power to animals. Classmate Laurence's awakening is less disturbing but no less impressive form paper into whatever she desires – a scientific genius, he creates a two-second time machinepower sought after all across the Empire. Growing up togetherHe asks her to come with him, to leave the mutual weirdness between the two bonds themlife of dreary servitude that is all she has known. Well, but life gets soon Kurara won't have any say in the waymatter, and they end up on very different paths. Meeting because the Midori is destroyed by a monstrous paper spirit known as adults in San Franciscoa shikigami, Laurence and she is an engineering genius trying forced to save flee out into the world. She joins Himura aboard the Orihime, whereas Patricia a sky-ship whose express purpose is a qualified witch, working hard to prove herself and cure those on the planet. As the two are drawn back togetherhunt down shikigami, and the fate of the a whole world threatened, Patricia and Laurence are forced to consider the fact that maybe they know each other better than anyone…of adventure awaits her…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1785650556</amazonuk>1406399590

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Susan DennardB09Q3P283Y|title=Truthwitch (The Witchlands Series)Shadebringer|author=Grayson W Hooper|rating=54

|summary=Highway robbery Clyde Robbins signs up for the US Army during the Vietnam War. He's not really that invested in the fight against Communism, nor is one of their talents so Safiya and Iseult donhe particularly interested in a career in the military. If he's honest - which Clyde usually is, with himself at least - he hasn't envisage any problems. That is until they realise got many choices and this one , at least, gets him out of the soldiers defending the booty is a bloodwitchrut he's in. ItHe's an even bigger problem because truthwitches like Safiya are good in demand…dangerously so! Meanwhile as the kingdom of Nubrevna reaches the end of training and is quickly put onto a 20 year truce, Prince Merik desperately tries for a permanent peacenon commissioned officer training course. But there are those who would rather fight, including his own sisterHe's chuffed with himself.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447282043</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Stephen HuntJennifer Saint|title= Foul Tides TurningElektra|rating= 3.54|genre= FantasyLiterary Fiction|summary= The people 'Elektra' by Jennifer Saint tells the story of Weyland always believed three women who live in the slavers' raids, which destroyed families and homes like a natural disaster, were a misfortune that couldn't be averted. But it wasn't trueheavily male dominated world of Ancient Greece. Their KingCassandra, King MarcusClytemnestra, had struck a deal – sacrificing his people and Elektra are all bit players in exchange for technology and political power. But now, everyone knows. Jacob and Carter Carnehan escaped the slavers, returning home with story of the truth, Trojan War. Yet Jennifer Saint shows us that often the true King, and a Princess as their hostage. Their purpose was to avoid war – but instead silent women have the truth prompts a civil war, most compelling stories and an invasion force gathers to reclaim the princessmost extreme furies. Once again, Jacob and Carter will be separated – and this time they'll be fighting for something bigger than both of them…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0575092106</amazonuk>1472273915

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Paula BrackstonDean Koontz|title=The Silver Witch (Shadow Chronicles)Quicksilver|rating=42.5|genre=FantasyThrillers|summary=Ceramic artist Tilda moves Meet Quinn Quicksilver. He's not had the chance to the house she and her husband envisaged their lives together in the wilds of Wales. Unfortunately, due get to his tragic death be a year agomercurial character yet, Tilda must move for he's lived in alone a nun-run orphanage since he was a three-day old foundling, and build now is starting a different life. In the same location career on a thousand years earlier Seren serves Prince Hywell as his villageneedless magazine's seer and shamanstaff. Life isnBut when this book starts he IS now 't easy 'subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind'', for her either. She something – call it unearthly intuition, call it mind-control, call it a supernatural urge – has enemiesdemanded of him that he go to a derelict diner, some find a gold coin worth a lot closer than fortune, cash the traditional threat from value of it out of his bank and prepare for going on the Anglo Saxonslam. Although centuries apart these And all this is just in time for two womenof those typical Men in Black types to turn up and suggest he's lives will come together with connotations for all who love of interest to them . Helped to escape, he finds his flight is interrupted by other instances of him acting without being in control, the discovery that he is not unique in having some kind of burgeoning power – and a deadly force that could go beyond thatwhole lot more besides.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1472150651</amazonuk>1542019885

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Tim AkersTasha Suri|title= The Pagan NightJasmine Throne|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= The Celestial Church has all but eliminated the old pagan ways, ruling the people with an iron hand. Demonic gheists terrorise the land, hunted by the warriors of the inquisition, yet it's the battling factions within the Church and age-old hatreds between north and south that tear the land apart. Malcolm Blakley, hero of the Reaver War, seeks to end the conflict between men, yet it falls to his son Ian and huntress Gwen Adair, to stop the killing before it tears the land apart – fighting mad gods, inquisitor priests, holy knights, and noble houses in battles of prejudice, politics, and power…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783297379</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nora Roberts|title=Stars of Fortune (Guardians Trilogy)|rating=5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Sasha suffers from nightmares. The scary details may vary but the gist of the contents remain the same: the voice of a stranger, the presence of evil and the faces of five people on an island, none of which/whom she knows. She tries all she can to exorcise the darkness including transferring the faces and locations into her art but even the refuge of her talent and livelihood doesn't work. In a moment of bravery Sasha discovers the identity of the island and travels to where she knows it will all begin and possibly end. For there somewhere on Crete the other five wait and the evil materialises along with the events that three goddesses began eons ago.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349407797</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Ken Liu|title=The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)|rating=4.5

|summary=Mata Zyundu On the night of her sacred burning, Princess Malini defies her brother and refuses to step on to the pyre. She is immediately sent to be imprisoned on the way down in life having been born into Hirana: an aristocratic family deposed and burdened ancient temple that was once filled with all a community of people who got powers from the resentment that goes with itmysterious deathless waters. Meanwhile But now the charming Kuni Gara finds fame and success as temple is nothing more than an overgrown, decaying ruin. One day, Malini witnesses a bandit leader after girl kill someone with magic. Instead of reporting her for such a lifetime surviving on gruesome crime, Malini claims that the streets. The two form girl saved her from an unlikely friendship that's torn asunder as the Empire crumbles attacker and they find themselves on opposite sides begs for better or, indeed, for worsethe girl to become her own personal maidservant.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1784973211</amazonuk>0356515648

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= George MannGenevieve Gornichec|title= The Osiris Ritual: A Newbury and Hobbes Investigation|rating= 3|genre= Crime (Historical)|summary=Sir Maurice Newbury, his majesty's special agent, and his assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes are on the case once more. When a group of well-to-do explorers return from an Egyptian expedition, they unveil a mummy and unleash an ancient mystery. Soon the explorers are being picked off one by one and Newbury must solve the mystery if he is to catch the culprit. But thereWitch's more than one brute on the loose, while Newbury attempts to track down a rogue agent, Veronica takes the case of disappearing women into her own hands with dangerous consequences … |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783298251</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Serge le Tendre, Regis Loisel and Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator)|title=The Quest for the Time Bird|rating=2.5|genre=Graphic Novels|summary=In order to defeat a vengeful god, who is within days of getting out of his prison – a sacred conch shell – several things must happen. First, the conch must be united with the witch powerful enough to sustain the incantation keeping him locked up. Then she must use her helpers to endure great danger and find the information she seeks in the most perilous of places for knowledge of the ultimate part of the puzzle – the Time Bird. All this calls for heroes, but in the world of fantasy anyone can call themselves a hero – from the witch's own buxom daughter, Pelisse, to an old warrior called Bragon that the girl is forced to unite with and fight alongside.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782763627</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nora Roberts|title=Shadow Spell (The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy Book 2)Heart

|summary=Twins Kael A modern and Bree Skyborn witness approachable reimagining of the battle Norse myths that centres around a witch named Angrboda. She hides in which their parents died and yet still want a forest at the edge of the nine worlds, remembering nothing of her past life but that fact that she was survived burnt at the stake three times because of Odin's wrath. Her attempts to follow live in their footsteps. The pair train as Seraphimpeace, however, members of the winged force are quickly thwarted when Loki shows up with her literal heart—the one that are on was cut from her chest before she was tied to the front line stake—and refuses to leave her alone. After an initial period of the warmistrust, proud Angrboda begins to serve their people fall for Loki's charms, and the Theocrats who have devised the whole support system for their world. There are those who speak out against the Theocrats but even consorting with people like two start an unusual family made of up a half-dead daughter, a son that's a wolf, and another son that means death's a snake. Everyone knows it and yet…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0356506495</amazonuk>1789097061

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Kate ElliottHannah Whitten|title=Black Wolves (Black Wolves Trilogy)For the Wolf

|summary=Dannarah has achieved her childhood dream: sheIn Red's a reeve marshalfamily, one of the army who fly eagles to defend king first daughter becomes queen, and kingdom. However Dannarah' s dream comes after the second daughter becomes a nightmaresacrifice. Lady Dannarah (as sheTo Red's more properly known) is daughter of King Anjihosh and his son Prince Atani both of whom have been killed. Two decades later the current rulermisfortune, her great nephew Jehosh gives Dannarah an ultimatum. She will be promoted to Grand Marshal if she brings him a bodyguard to guide him through dangerous times ahead and not just any bodyguard. He wants Kellas, is the captain of the former Black Wolves, the elite royal guard who were disbanded after the regicidessecond daughter. Kellas had walked away from Sent alone into the palace in a fog of shock and self-blame and he may not want to come back.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356503208</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Alex Marshall|title=A Crown for Cold Silver: Book One of the Crimson Empire|rating=4|genre=Fantasy|summary=Zosia seems just like any other old lady. Indeed that's woods with nothing but the mistake that Sir Efrain Hjort made as he presents cape on her with her husband's headback, severed to encourage her compliance. As Zosia hears the screams coming from Red knows what used to be her village but now expect: within the site of Hjort's latest initiative Zosia makes woods is a vow. She'll look up some of her old acquaintances; to be more precisewolf, the five villains she used to lead. For Zosia isn't actually that ordinary. Zosia and he is the legendary Cobalt Queen – a little creakier now than when she faked her death of course, but one thing is certain: she who will avenge her people.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>035650283X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Stephen Hickman|title= The Art of Stephen Hickman|rating= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= Stephen Hickman has been a well known artist in decide the Fantasy and Science Fiction worlds for a number fate of years now, having created covers for authors such as Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, and Larry Niventheir kingdom. His paintings are vibrantIf she is not a worthy sacrifice, kinetic, sometimes scary, often sensual, traditional, and yet modern. ''The Art of Stephen Hickman'' collects hundreds of these paintingsthe monsters he keeps contained to the woods will be released, and the artist himself provides an intriguing commentary alongside which offers a fascinating glimpse into fabled kings he keeps hostage will never be returned—or so the artistic processstories go. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783298456</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Mark Morris|title=The Society of Blood (Obsidian Heart book 2)|rating=4|genre=Horror|summary=In order to find his kidnapped daughter Alex Locke still needs to find But when Red enters the Obsidian Heart. The trail leads back from 21st century gangland London woods, expecting nothing more than to be killed within the darkhour, dirty 19th century version of she finds that the capitallegends are lies. Here the streets that witnessed Jack the RipperThe wolf is not a monster—he's murders only a couple of years before are just as lethal but the danger isn't totally human. Alex doesn't quite know how you'd classify it, but it stands between him and the person who means the most to him so walking away isn't an optionman.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781168709</amazonuk>0356516369

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Stephen AryanJohn Gwynne|title=BattlemageThe Shadow Of The Gods

|summary=Vargus has milked The Shadow Of The Gods is the legend first installment of the GathBloodsworn Saga, an avenging man set in the era of violence for hire, for as long as possible. Being the Gath has had its benefits but time to move on. As it happens a war is brewing Vikings in Seveldrom so Vargus is going to fight on the side shadow of right against Ragnarok, when the evil that is King TaikonGods have battled and their bones lie scattered for all to see. For Balfruss Seveldrom This story is home so he's honoured to be one of the six Battlemages King Mattias has selected ultimate in High Fantasy, and John Gwynne certainly does justice to be the backbone of his defence now that Taikon has Zecorriagenre, with mythical creatures, archaic language and battles galore. As fate unfolds the futureThis is a thick book, Mattias' daughter Talandra will also play her part as the King's spymaster. Vargus can kill with an armed gang singlehanded. Balfruss can summon fire, command storms intricate plot and fascinating characters that are woven together to create a wonderfully realistic and unmake stone. Talandra? She just hopes she can help save her country but as yet she doesn't realise quite how much it will cost hergritty world in which our heroes must do battle.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>B013KT3BQW</amazonuk>0356514218