Protected (Spirian Saga Book #1) by Rowena Portch is an entertaining fantasy adventure depicting a world battling between good and evil. The fictional story begins with Skye waking from a car accident and receiving a strange hospital visitor who leaves behind a mysterious gift. A...

Prophase, A Present Tale, is a young adult contemporary fantasy novel written by Mitchel Street. Piper is a senior in high school who lives with her father and younger brother. When her mother died, her father seemed to shrivel and become an angry and bitter...

When I read the title of Pursuit: A Story of Dragons, Dreams, Discovery and Destiny by Jim Murdoch, I thought it seems like there is nothing but dragons out there these days - but I decided I'd give it a try as it seemed a...

Plateau - Beyond the Trees, Beyond 2012 by Tina Frisco is a book with spiritual undertones. The protagonist is a 15-year-old tribal girl, W'Hyani. She is born as the keeper of the Crystal Heart which is the key to the Great Mosaic of Life. This...

Pu'ukani's Song by Hannah Steenbock is (literally) about Pu'ukani's song. Pu'ukani is a whale who is a magic weaver and a singer. The book is a heart rending tale of a whale who takes us with him on his journey of life. The challenges he...

Promise of Blood, the first book of Bryan Mclellan's The Powder Mage Trilogy is one of the best fantasy debuts of 2013. Set in the aftermath of a successful coup d'etat, the novel follows the fates of a ruthless usurper, his marksman son, and a...

Tom Gillespie's Painting by Numbers is an intricate and elaborate illusion masterfully created to wrap around an ultimately classic plot. Dr. Boyce is a lecturer in Earth Sciences at Glasgow University who becomes obsessed with studying a lesser known baroque painting at the local museum....

There is only so much one can do with the traditional conventions of a fantasy party. Popular tropes include a mixture of warriors and mages, complemented by thieves and/or priests. "Party of Five" by author Vasileios Kalampakas manages to put a few twists that can...

In "Parry Pretty and the Eight Realms: Caught in the Slipstream of Time" by S.J. Musgraves, the young heroine Parry Pretty is both contorted and confused as she continues to wake up on the same day over and over again, caught in the slipstream which...

Xamorus had waited centuries for the return of Lord Vearios. At last he had returned and was dwelling in the body of Raven, Xamorus’ dog. Vearios knew that this time he was up against a more advanced population of humans. Lumina had defeated Vearios before...