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Book review: A God’s Plea

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Tomas

The final book in the Legend of Tal series takes the heroes to the final stand – though the face of the true enemy might be different than they expected.

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Book review: An Emperor’s Gamble

Posted on August 25, 2024 by Tomas

The third book of the Legend of Tal series follows right after the destructive battle at the end of the second book – and delivers a good chunk of backstory that puts some current events into perspective.

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Book review: A Queen’s Command

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Tomas

The second book in the Legend of Tal series continues exactly where the first one left off, promising another part to an adventure journey – and a fair amount of challenges.

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Sport in fantasy

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Tomas

The start of the Olympic Games in France has led me to thoughts about sport in fiction – specifically fantasy as that’s where most of my interests lie.

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Quo Vadis, Goodreads?

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll look back at my experience with the Goodreads site and what its future holds for readers and writers in the light of the last two years or so.

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Book review: A King’s Bargain

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Tomas

My latest read was a fantasy book that had quite a slow start but a book I ended up reading in two sittings.

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Book review: The Mine Lord

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Tomas

The Mine Lord is a standalone story in A. Trae McMaken’s world of dwarven adventure, and takes place sometime after the 4-book series.

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Book review: Bones of Stone

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Tomas

The fourth book in the Dwarves of Ice-Cloak series takes us to a time when the old times of prosperity are long gone and the dwarves are facing new challenges.

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Book review: The Second Gate

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Tomas

The Second Gate is the third book in a loosely-connected series depicting a dwarven society through the generations. And it differs in a way from the first two books.

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Book review: The Mouth of Fire

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Tomas

My latest read was a sequel to a dwarf-centric fantasy I read almost a year ago – and only recently discovered the author wrote more.

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