Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden (Black Library, PB, £7.99, out now) Welcome to the latest novel from this rising talent who, after exploding on the Games Workshop scene with his first BL novel, Cadian Blood, has returned with this action-packed, adrenalin-fuelled tale about the sinister Night Lords Legion of renegade space marines. Turned traitor during the […]
Please note: This interview took place by email in the summer of 2009, to promote the hardback release of Courage And Honour, the fifth book in the Ultramarines series. What inspires you as a writer? Like most writers, I take inspiration from all around me; books, movies, comics, real life and everything in-between. […]
Just what is the WyrmeWeald? If you haven’t succumbed yet to the spectacular WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth, then you’ll be curious as to what all this fuss is about. Allow me to enlighten you. WyrmeWeald is the latest fantasy creation of Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, they of the Edge Chronicles. The setting is a dust-bowl […]
Sabbat Worlds edited by Dan Abnett (Black Library, out in paperback October 2011, £7.99) This superb collection of short stories centres on ‘The Sabbat Crusade’, a conflict that Abnett created as the setting for his tremendously good Gaunt’s Ghosts novels. There are short stories from the likes of Graham McNeill, who’s written a spin-off from Abnett’s […]
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew (Bloomsbury, PB £6.99, out now) Every now and then a book comes along that blows your mind. Mortlock, by the very talented storyteller, Jon Mayhew, is the latest to impress. It’s billed as a Teen Fiction book (a burgeoning genre in itself) but it would stand proudly next to any book in […]
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz, HB/TPB £14.99, out now) Abercrombie’s latest belter takes place during a bloody three-day battle between the “North Men” and “the Union” – although this being an Abercrombie book neither side is portrayed as being the more worthy. This novel is everything you’d expect from JA, who’s fast becoming one […]