Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here.
We have an exciting post today. Novel Notions will be one of the blogs hosting the cover reveal to Remnant by Christopher Russell. This is the second book in Divinity’s Twilight series. I’ve read and enjoyed Rebirth! I’m looking forward to reading this novel. Without further ado, here’s the cover reveal to Remnant by Christopher Russell!
Cover art illustrated by Chris McGrath
Cover art illustrated by: Sam Weber
The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Dandelion Dynasty (Book #3 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Silkpunk
Pages: 1008 pages (Hardcover Edition)
Published: 7th December 2021 by Saga Press (US) & 11th November 2021 by Head of Zeus (UK)
The Veiled Throne is a marvelous story. It is a unique and superbly-written first half to the concluding installment of The Dandelion Dynasty.
“Though each individual mortal experiences life for but a score of years, they can draw upon a store of stories left by all their forbearers. The race of humankind grows toward infinity, even as the nature of each individual is limited. Nature may describe tendencies and circumscribe potentialities, but it is within the power of each soul to nurture itself for another life, to imagine a course not taken, to strive for a different view. Through that yearning by the finite for the infinite, the portraits painted by all the mortal eyes may yet piece together a grander truth than our divine understanding.”
Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here.
We have an exciting post today. Novel Notions hosted the cover reveal to The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish in January. Today, we have the fortune to host the cover reveal for the sequel, The Sapphire Altar, as well! This is the second book in The Vagrant Gods trilogy by David Dalglish. I’ve read and enjoyed The Bladed Faith and also The Keepers Trilogy by Dalglish, and I’m so looking forward to reading this novel. Without further ado, here’s the cover reveal to The Sapphire Altar by David Dalglish! And don’t miss out on the full art with the visor open and closed! Chase Stone and Lauren Panepinto did an awesome job with this cover art.
Cover art illustrated by Chase Stone
Cover designed by Lauren Panepinto …
Cover art illustrated by: Chris McGrath
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: Mistborn: Wax and Wayne (Book #1 of 4), Mistborn Saga (Book #4 of 7)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Steampunk
Pages: 392 pages (Mass Market Paperback Edition)
Published: 8th November 2011 by Tor Books (US) & 10th November 2011 by Gollancz (UK)
The Alloy of Law is an immensely enjoyable start to the second era of Mistborn Saga by Brandon Sanderson.
“The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It’s in how they make use of what life has shown them.”
Cover art illustrated by: Gregory Manchess
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Wheel of Time (Book #6 of 14)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Classic Fantasy
Pages: 1056 pages (Kindle Edition)
Published: 15th October 1994 by Tor Books
Lord of Chaos could potentially become the best book by Robert Jordan for me. Let the Lord of Chaos rule, and rule it did.
“Asha’man, kill!”
ARC was provided by the publisher—Subterranean Press—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover art illustrated by: Charis Loke
The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Green Bone Saga (Book #0.5 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 144 pages (Hardback edition)
Published: 30th April 2022 by Subterranean Press
The Jade Setter of Janloon is an exhilarating and heartfelt appetizer or dessert to The Green Bone Saga, depending on when you start this novella. …
Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Series: First Law World (Book #7 of 10)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, Westerns
Pages: 369 pages (UK paperback edition)
Published: 26th April 2016 by Gollancz (UK) and Orbit (US)
Sharp Ends, the ultimate collection of tales from The First Law World by Joe Abercrombie, is a great dessert to provide insights and background for most of the previously established characters in the past six novels. …
Cover art illustration by: Patrick Foster
Dreadgod by Will Wight
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Series: Cradle (Book #11 of 12)
Genre: Fantasy, Progression Fantasy, Xianxia
Pages: 504 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 5th July 2022 by Hidden Gnome Publishing (Indie)
Dreadgod has prepared the series to reach its epic conclusion, but as an installment, Dreadgod was my third least favorite of the series.
Cover art illustrated by Marc Simonetti
Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Legends of the First Empire (Book #1 of 6)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 432 pages (Mass Market Paperback)
Published: 28th June 2016 by Del Rey
It’s always a great feeling when you start a new series from an author whose work you loved and find out their storytelling skill in their first installment of a series has improved. Well done, Michael J. Sullivan.
On my first read of Age of Myth, I gave it a 3.5/5 stars rating. Five years later, today, I finished my reread of the book. Similar to my experience of rereading The Riyria Revelations, I loved Age of Myth more on my second read. Let me enlighten you a bit on why this reread worked so well. And to do this, I will have to compare my experience of reading Age of Myth and The Crown Conspiracy, the first book in The Riyria Revelations series, and also my reread experience of them both.
“If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitated toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary rather than what was easy.”
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We’re honored to once again welcome Michael Miller to our blog. When Michael was last here, it was for the cover reveal of his Dragon’s Blade Trilogy and Unbound, the second book in the Songs of Chaos series. This time around it’s for the cover reveal of Defiant, the sequel to his best-selling Ascendant and Unbound! If you are unfamiliar with this series, The Songs of Chaos is a dragon rider epic that takes inspiration from such celebrated works as Eragon and Pern. In Michael’s own words “It’s about a serving boy who defies society to save a blind dragon from death and rises to become a dragon rider. A bit of cultivation/progression magic is sprinkled into this one.”
And now, without further ado… check out the cover art of Defiant!
Cover art by Randy Vargas …