I’m a poet of sorts, so when I read Niall Williams’ History of the Rain, I felt immersed in Irish prose-poetry. This is a writer who knows his language. It’s not often that I read Irish authors, but Williams’ word crafting creates such a wonderful world, I was totally absorbed.
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. That's how it seems to me, being alive for a little while, the teller and the told.
So says Ruthie Swain. The bedridden daughter of a dead poet, home from college after a collapse (Something Amiss, the doctors say), she is trying to find her father through stories--and through generations of family history in County Clare (the Swains have the written stories, from salmon-fishing journals to poems, and the maternal MacCarrolls have…
This was my second experience with Neil Gaiman and I wasn’t disappointed. I was led down into a mysterious underground that featured fantastical creatures and odd characters. Such a provocative imagination!
I love the characters Jim Butcher creates in his novels and The Aeronaut’s Windlass is no exception. In this Steampunk driven piece, I was captivated by the world and characters Mr. Butcher created but my favorite character who kept me reading was a cat by the name of Rowl.
Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors...
Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity. Within their halls, the ruling aristocratic houses develop scientific marvels, foster trade alliances, and maintain fleets of airships to keep the peace.
Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship Predator. Loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy’s shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But…
Var, an old man selling magical patches in Hagra Dis, meets a young one-armed girl who asks for his help. An Imperial missile strikes the area, killing the young girl, Meesha. Var hurries to apply a regenerative patch to Meesha, and he hurries off before Imperial troops return.
Var, Meesha, and an odd assortment of allies enter the mysterious labyrinth where they must contend with hybrid killers and portals to other worlds, all in the attempt to end the war and bring peace back to Summia, their desert country.
