Tag Archives: grimdark fantasy

FUN DAY MONDAY, OR THE BOOKS THAT WILL HELP ME SURVIVE THE WEEK AHEAD (MARCH 21, 2016)

The work week begins. I quickly slip into my business suit and head back into the office to save a few innocent people. But while I try to fool myself into being excited about the grind, deep down, I’m not, … Continue reading

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A CROWN FOR COLD SILVER

A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall. Genre: Fantasy — Epic/Grimdark-esque Series: The Crimson Empire #1 Publisher: Orbit (April 4, 2015) Length: 656 pages My Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars A Crown for Cold Silver was a book seemingly … Continue reading

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INDIE WEDNESDAY — THE SANE KING

Along my reading journey, I’ve made a conscious decision to not only read the books on the shelves at my local Barnes & Nobles store, or online at Amazon, but to also try self-published, or indie, works as often as I … Continue reading

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The Most Important Interview of All Time, with Michael R. Fletcher and mightythorjrs.

The Most Important Interview of All Time, with Michael R. Fletcher. Read as Michael R. Fletcher turns the table on  Fantasy blogger mightythorjrs, grilling him on everything from his taste in music to does he blog just for the free … Continue reading

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FUN DAY MONDAY, OR THE BOOKS THAT WILL HELP ME SURVIVE THE WEEK AHEAD (APRIL 6, 2015)

The work week begins. I quickly slip into my business suit and head back into the office to save a few innocent people from wrongful incarceration. But while I try to fool myself into being excited about the grind, deep … Continue reading

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BRAVE MEN DIE PART 1 by DAN ADAMS

My rating is 3 out of 5 stars. Brave Men Die Part 1 by Dan Adams is best characterized as a standard but entertaining grimdark. It has lots of combat, buckets of blood and gore with a straight forward story … Continue reading

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: MORIGU: THE DESECRATION by MARK C. PERRY

Flashback Friday is something I’ve been doing here at Bookwraiths for a while now: a time when I can post my thoughts about books and graphic novels that I’ve read in the past and never gotten around to reviewing. With … Continue reading

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FUN DAY MONDAY, OR THE BOOKS THAT WILL HELP ME SURVIVE THE WEEK AHEAD (JULY 7, 2014)

It is that most horrible of times: Monday. The day I have to put my big boy suit on and jump back on the corporate escalator to nowhere. But while my body languishes in my office, the books I’m reading … Continue reading

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THE LOST WORDS GIVEAWAY

Igor Ljubuncic, author of the grimdark fantasy series The Lost Words, was nice enough to provide copies of the first two novels in his series to Bookwraiths for a giveaway. And — DRUM ROLL PLEASE — David Goransson of Australia … Continue reading

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THE BETRAYED

The Betrayed by Igor Ljubuncic  Genre: Fantasy -Grimdark Series: The Lost Words #1 Publisher:  Self Published (April 1, 2012) Author Information: Website  Length:  384 pages My Rating: 3 stars The Betrayed is a grimdark fantasy that impresses in its scope, themes and ambitious … Continue reading

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