Since time immemorial the warriors of the Paladin Order have harnessed arcane powers to protect their rulers. For Balen, who has given up his chance at love and fought his way to the top of the Paladin Order, there can be no greater honor than to serve his king. But ... more >
Note: Some spoilers for Dragon Unleashed follow. Dear Grace Draven, Raven Unveiled is the third book in your Fallen Empire series. It features Siora, a shade-speaker (she can communicate with ghosts) who had a brief role in Phoenix Unbound and a bigger one in Dragon Unleashed, and Gharek of Cabast, ... more >
Dear Megan Bannen, Mercy Birdsall is an undertaker in Bushong, one of the Federated Islands of Cadmus. Hart Ralston is a Tanrian Marshal, tasked with patrolling Tanria (bear with, me I’ll get to it) to kill “drudges”. If that seems confusing, well, at first, it is, a bit. The story ... more >
It’s a cliché to comment on how quickly a year has passed and in the Covid era the months sometimes pass slowly. 2021 wasn’t an easy year so I’m glad I found some great books to make it feel a little lighter. There weren’t an entire ten but I’ve had ... more >
Dear Grace Draven, I adored Phoenix Unbound last year so I was really excited to read the second book in The Fallen Empire trilogy, Dragon Unleashed. Plus, dragon! The two books overlap slightly, with most of the action picking up at the Goban market where book one ended. While the ... more >
Dear Tasha Suri, I greatly enjoyed your 2018 debut romantic fantasy novel, Empire of Sand, so I was eager for Realm of Ash, your recently-published follow up. The two books are interconnected despite being centered on different characters, so I recommend reading Empire of Sand first. Besides filling out the ... more >