Very good book. Seeds of Earth starts off the Humanity's Fire series and is a great book. It's written in a George R. R. Martin type style where every chapter is coming from the perspective of a different character. This is both great but also bad. It's great because you get to see multiple stori...
Other reviews of this book have been a bit uneven, so I'm pleased to be able to give it four stars, for reasons I'll detail below. I ran across 'Seeds of Earth' at my local library, so it's a free read for me.Although A.I.s that run amuck are not new, ('Terminator', 'The Matrix', etc.) it is a t...
Orphaned Worlds kept my interest long enough to finish it (and the third volume in the series), but the story was lacking in character development, the worldbuilding was a bit incoherent and the battle scenes didn't really hang together very well. I didn't really *care* about any of the characte...
A dark, epic fantasy - first in a three-book series Sixteen years it has been since the dazzling Khatrimantine Empire fell to the vast hordes of the Mogaun. Sixteen years since the invaders' evil deity, the Lord of Twilight, was shattered into five hosts, five lost souls destined to become the S...
‘Pathmistress! Listener Okass told me to fetch you up to see – there are new stars in the sky!’By the time she reached the high open platform where Okass awaited her, several other senior Uvovo had arrived to peer up into the night sky’s faint veils and hazy swirls. Some were regarding a particul...
—Calabos, The Black Shrine, ch2, iii The next morning, Medwin appeared at Gilly's door to offer advice as to his choice of clothing. “Golwyth is taking us up to the High House of Keels to meet senior members of the Council of Moons, “ he said. “Now, bear in mind that it is a place with a l...
—Gundal, Siege of Stones, ch3, p9 Aboard the Stormclaw, Qothan answered the summons to the auracle chamber and found Prince Agasklin sitting in one of the visuran chairs. “Peril is upon us, Qothan,” he said. “The vicious wiles and machinations of the dark sorcerer Jumil have finally borne ...