Uncanny and Transcendent Fiction
A long lost princess turned assassin returns to her kingdom to protect her sister. The Amaskan Order is an ancient and secretive society of assassins, trained from childhood to serve justice to those who are beyond the law. Master Adelei is the Order’s best assassin, but she is plagued my memories of a stolen childhood […]
Read More Book Review: Raven Oak’s Amaskan BloodHumanity has fled Earth on slaved super-ships known as Eden, unable to die, unable to flourish, ruled over by a benevolent AI. Into this strange half-life comes Harbinger, a man out of time and out of place. Arc and the Human Council rule on Echelon, where life is idyllic and carefree. Any who disagree with […]
Read More Book Review: Mark of the Harbinger, Chris McCarthyOriginally posted on Creative Writing with the Crimson League:
One of the toughest things about writing fiction is getting stuck. We get stuck SO OFTEN as authors…. One of the keys to success is simply finding ways to overcome the doubt about our stories and our abilities that getting stuck thrusts upon us. Me, I’ve…
One of the most accomplished assassin’s in the world presents himself to the Queen of the Jashamari with an offer she can not refuse; his services to kill the enemy of her people, the King of the Cotti. Queen Mina-Sattu has inherited her mother’s throne and the Endless War that stretches so far back in […]
Read More Book Review: The Queen’s Blade by T C SouthwellGuest Post by Raven Oak, author of Amaskan’s Blood Ooooo! It’s a Siri dialogue! Go ahead, read it. Heck, you probably did before you even took a glance at my words. If not, you’ve more self-control than most people, so go ahead and give it a read. Welcome back! What’s the main thing that pops out […]
Read More Siri-ous DialogueIn a backwater town, a man with a hidden past spends his days running a well-kept inn. But then a traveller known as The Chronicler comes upon him one night and recognises him for who he really is; Kvothe, the Kingkiller. The book (and the series) opens with Kvothe passing himself off as a humble […]
Read More Book Review: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick RothfussWatch legendary author, Ursula Le Guin, say it how it is at the National Book Awards, regarding genre fiction as literature, agency pricing, corporate fatwas and authors accepting the ill-treatment.
Read More Ursula Le Guin at the National Book AwardsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars Warning: May Contain Spoilers Sienna Nealon has spent most of her childhood and her teen years a prisoner in her own home. The only person in her life is her mother. A mother who doesn’t show her affection, who rarely talks to her except to teach her something, trains […]
Read More Book Review: Robert Crane’s The Girl in the Box (Box Set)Undercaffeinated and Overexposed: The Tale of a Coffee Shop Princess by Andrew G. Schneider My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Fair Folk have walked straight out of the pages of fiction into the real world. Now they are struggling to survive in the modern world, under threat from immigration officers, each other and would […]
Read More Book Review: Undercaffeinated and Overexposed by Andrew G SchneiderDrothe is the eyes and ears (known as a Nose) of a criminal organisation and also deals in stolen artifacts on the side. But when an unusual book lands in his lap, everyone, including his own boss, is after him and the book. Drothe is chasing up an Imperial artifact that was stolen from him, […]
Read More Book Review: Among Thieves, by Douglas Hulick