A. M. Linden’s novel, The Sheriff: The Druid Chronicles, Book Three, is a mix of intriguing historical fiction and fantasy, set in early medieval Britain in the eighth century. The story is set in two neighboring Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Atheldom and Derthwald. The central character is...

The Catalysts 2: Silent Night by Joseph Guzzo is a delightful adventure tale featuring talking cats. Vic, his wife Claudia, and their son Luca are still celebrating the unexpected return of their previously terminally ill talking cat, Fatty. Alongside their other talking cat, Red, Fatty...

A. M. Linden’s The Valley is a spellbinding and imaginative work of historical fiction set in early medieval Anglo-Saxon Britain. The Valley begins in the 8th century, when Herrwn, a Druid priest, teacher, and bard, is an old man in his eighties. Herrwn recalls his...

The Throne of Deep Roots is the second book in the Worldhold epic fantasy series by Morven T.H. Borthwick. One year after the Black Sea rose and nearly destroyed the lands of the Worldhold, the Lord of the Dovarim, Sathor, and his council are still...

Warwick Gleeson's Torment Becomes Them delivers a spellbinding meld of fantasy and historical fiction. The story opens in the Bukhtarma River Valley as the greatest Kazakh magician, Zolo Bold, watches his democratic revolution crushed by black warlock Arislan Gur’s conjured rain of giants. His struggles...

The Scarlet Lady is the second book in the Tale of King Justice series by Evelyn M. Exley. Marion, the Scarlet Lady, flees from a marriage proposal from King Deut-wah of Dungh Ga Da and indulges in dragon-slaying, during which she discovers a collared dragon,...

The Death Keeper Chronicles: A Light in the Darkness by Daniel Hersch is a fun, thought-provoking, thrilling read. This story has several beginnings, according to its narrator. The first beginning provides a brief introduction to vampires before we are introduced to Yiyao of Huaxia. About...

There Be Dragon by Michael Tars follows Kwe, a highly trained agent, whose final mission ends in disaster when he's caught in an explosion and seemingly dies. Instead of waking up in a hospital, he finds himself in the snowy kingdom of Kalador, where three...

R.E. Davies’s The Necromancer’s Gift follows a young human woman who wakes in a dark forest after Ulve, a drow necromancer, attempts a spell he should not be casting. She has no name or memories, while Ulve discovers he has raised a living woman instead...

Fantasy lovers will welcome The Soul-Sung by Daniel Sheley, the first book in the Vaeritas Saga. Denny is a young boy attuned to the stars and the mysterious soul-force known as Veym, who sees his village destroyed by dragon-fire. At the same time, he is...