Tag: Fantasy

I loved this story about a people coming into their own.  The Rhunes live in the late Stone Age. The Fhrey, a medieval people who remind me of

This is the first time I read anything by Robert Redick and I am glad I gave him a try.  Master Assassins takes place in a world so

This is a lovely series set in a world where every person has a special affinity for a particular element: water, fire, air, earth, and wood.  The individual

This is not a story book; it’s written as a history book.  The idea is that Maester Yandel wrote this book as a gift to the king. (The

I have given up on the Song of Fire and Ice—mostly because I don’t think R. R. Martin will ever finish the books and so am happy that

As with its precursor High Rage, it’s a little hard to describe the plot of Taking Hope.  OK, at one level it’s easy: Morgan (aka Scarface) has decided

This book is part philosophy and part fantasy.  It struggles with the themes of destiny, kinship (what does it mean to be kin to someone), love, what makes

In the middle of the Atlantic piece on ISIS, there is an interview with Graeme Wood who points out that one of the most effective recruiting tools ISIS

When you think of Eastern European literature, you are probably not thinking about fantasy.  Sure, you may have been forced to read Master and Margarita in High School

Why do we love fantasy?  Especially fantasy set in a Middle-Ages like world?  I doubt it’s because we want to live in the Middle Ages.  I am not