Embedded by Dan Abnett (published by Angry Robot, PB, 2012 *OUT NOW* £7.99) This is the author’s second novel for indie genre publisher Angry Robot, following on from the lauded alternate history swashbuckler, Triumff. Embedded is more akin to Abnett’s staple output of future war hijinks produced for Games Workshop’s publishing arm, the Black Library […]
The British national tradition of Christmas ghost stories is something of which I was uttely ignorant until one December a couple of years ago, when a friend introduced me to the work of M. R. James. Widely regarded as being one of the finest writers of ghost stories in the English language, James would hold […]
Peter Wright is the author of Ribbon of Wildness: Discovering the Watershed of Scotland, published by Luath Press, £14.99, out now. What is the Watershed of Scotland? Well imagine you are a raindrop about to land on Scotland – your destiny dear raindrop, is that by bog, burn and river, you will end up […]
In October I had the opportunity to interview author Joanne Harris. Most of us will know her name due to the Chocolat movie. Of late she has broken into the Young Adult market with her Norse mythology fantasy title, Runemarks (out now, £7.99, published by Corgi). The sequel to that book, Runelight, was released in […]
Katja From The Punk Band by Simon Logan (published by ChiZine Publications, 2010, TPB, £varies, out now) Playing like a Cold War thriller with piercings, Katja From The Punk Band is author Simon Logan’s second novel, following on from Pretty Little Things To Fill Up The Void. My first inclination was to think of […]
Dungeon Siege III release in the EU 17th July 2011 / £12 – £15 Back in the day… …before the onset of World of Warcraft in my life (2002), I used to play a decent, pretty much unheard of (in my circles at least) RPG “party system” game called Dungeon Siege. Back in the day […]