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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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Book review: Chosen

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Tomas

The second book of the Prophecy Rock trilogy sees both sides face a different set of challenges, but the war won’t stop just yet.

Note: it seems that I screwed up and forgot to post this, but I posted the review of the third book already. What a mess… sorry for that.

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Book review: Cataclysm

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Tomas

The third book in the Prophecy Rock series continued the story, but the ending left me with mixed feelings.

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Book review: Genesis

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Tomas

The first book in the Prophecy Rock trilogy is a fast-paced fantasy story set in a world divided by an endless war – but heroes rising from a new generation might just change that.

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Book review: Destroyer’s curse

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Tomas

I continued in 2024 where I left off in 2023 – with Marie Andreas’ second Sci-Fi trilogy. The book doesn’t see as much action as the previous one(s) but delves deeper into the backstory.

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Book review: Tratior’s Folly

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Tomas

My last read of 2023 (yes, I only now got to write the review) was a return to Sci-Fi. A spin-off of a trilogy I’ve read a couple of years ago.

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Book review: The Raven Queen

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Tomas

The second book of the Storyweaver series, compared to the usual, starts with a time gap – and a false sense of calm that changes later than I expected, but quite abruptly.

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