Well that took a few turns that I wasn’t expecting. We’re six books in so I don’t really want to get into too many details on plot. There’s another big time jump here, two hundred years, and Hadrian is starting to feel old at this stage. He’s basically checked himself out, given up on the …
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Ashes of Man by Christopher Ruocchio
A slower paced book but still a great read. For the first time between books there is no time jump and we start off exactly where we finished at the end of Kingdoms of Death. Hadrian and Valka are still recovering from what happened but they are inevitably drawn back into the Empire and the …
Kingdoms of Death by Christopher Ruocchio
That was one of the bleakest books I’ve ever read, still in shock. Hadrian and Valka have been in ‘exile’ for their own safety for almost a hundred years after the events at Berenike. However he is tasked by the Emperor himself to travel as an ambassador to the Lothrian Commonwealth, another human empire, to …
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The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
The plot is good but takes too long to get to it. We’re on book eight of fourteen now so I don’t really want to go into too many details plot wise. It’s a strange structure to this book. We get a few chapters from each main POV which takes up most of the book …
Waybound by Will Wight
A very satisfying end to a great series. I won’t go into any plot details as this is the last book but let’s just say that it was everything I had hoped for. There was even more progression, epic battles and nice moments between the characters. I’m still shocked at where characters are now compared …
Dreadgod by Will Wight
Another escalation in the stakes which I wasn’t sure was possible. The Dreadgods are fully awake and Lindon, Yerin and co. are making it a mission to stop them forever. Lindon now knows the link between them and the Monarchs and so knows that it is only a matter of time before they are clashing …
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
An interesting premise but I struggled with the main character. Our main protagonist, Professor Arton Daghdev has been sent to the planet Kiln for offences against the Mandate on Earth. He’s considered a revolutionary and so is sent on a one way journey where he will spend the rest of his life as labour on …
Bloodstone by David Gemmell
After years of living a life of peace, the Jerusalem Man is back after a terrible tragedy befalls him. The world is very different with a civilisation of a sort emerging under the religious leadership of the Deacon. However corruption is rife and there is a much bigger threat soon to emerge. Nothing too different …
Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro
An incredibly sad and disquieting book. Kathy is a carer, looking after ‘donors’ as they recuperate. However she is coming to an end of her time doing this and so reminisces about her childhood in a grand children’s home called Hailsham and her friendships there, particularly with best friends Ruth and Tommy. It’s such a …
The Last Guardian by David Gemmell
Another quick and enjoyable read. Jon Shannow is drawn by the rumour of a city behind a wall that has the sword of God floating above it, thinking it might be Jerusalem. Also in the distant past in the cities of Atlantis, a man speaks out against the King and sets in motion events that …
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