Category Archives: fantasy

Brasyl by Ian McDonald

Posted on September 27, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): Three separate stories follow three main characters: –Edson is a self-made talent impressario one step up from the slums in a near future São Paulo, a city of astonishing riches and poverty. A chance encounter draws … Continue reading →

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The Falcon Throne (The Tarnished Crown Quintet 01) by Karen Miller

Posted on August 2, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): In the distant past, the Kingdom of Harcia was torn apart by royal brothers who could not accept a lesser inheritance. Now, the consequences of their actions are coming to light. Balfre, son of Aimery, Duke … Continue reading →

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The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle 02) by Neal Stephenson

Posted on April 12, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves — including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack — devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure … Continue reading →

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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle 01) by Ursula le Guin

Posted on March 22, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale … Continue reading →

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The Warded Man (Demon Cycle 01) by Peter V. Brett

Posted on October 12, 2018 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that … Continue reading →

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The Ambassador by Graham McNeill

Posted on September 21, 2018 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): Grizzled ex-general Kaspar von Velten finds himself unprepared for his duties as the new ambassador to the court of Tsarina. Not ready for the power struggles and politics, Kaspar is soon using his battlefield experience to … Continue reading →

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Horus Rising (The Horus Heresy 01) by Dan Abnett

Posted on August 10, 2018 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the imperium of man is at its height. His dream for humanity nearly accomplished, the emperor hands over the reins of power to his warmaster, Horus, and heads … Continue reading →

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Embedded by Dan Abnett

Posted on July 20, 2018 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): HE’D DO ANYTHING TO GET A STORY. When journalist Lex Falk gets himself chipped into the brain of a combat soldier, he thinks he has the ultimate scoop – a report from the forbidden front line … Continue reading →

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Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

Posted on July 6, 2018 by portiabridget

Synopsis (from Goodreads): When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that … Continue reading →

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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Posted on June 29, 2018 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed—and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own … Continue reading →

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