Results of tag "books"
The Empire of Silence review
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The Empire of Silence is Book one of Christopher Ruocchio's epic space opera The Sun Eater. It's a pretty strong debut, but also feels very much like a "first book in a very long series" book.
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Azincourt review
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Azincourt, more famously known as Agincourt, was a famous battle won by the English in the Hundred Years War that led to decades of English dominance over France. Bernard Cornwell is a master of historical fiction - I really loved his Warlord Chronicles trilogy about King Arthur - and Azincourt is...
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The North Water review
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The North Water is a quick, gritty read. Set in the Arctic in the 1850s, it paints a grim picture of the incredibly harsh whaling industry. Every single character is a morally reprehensible bastard, there's murder, rape, animal cruelty, and the vast majority of it is acknowledged as a fact of the...
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Marathon review
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Marathon is another great entry in the Long War series. This novel features a lot of build-up, and is slow in parts, but culminates in an excellent rendition of the battle of Marathon.
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Twelve Months review
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It's been quite a while since the last Dresden novel, over 5 years, and I was really eager to get into this one. Twelve Months is a bit of a change of pace from the recent novels; there's a lot less action, less epic battles and crazy otherworldly beings. All that stuff is still present in Twelve...
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Killer of Men review
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Killer of Men is the first novel in Christian Cameron's Long War series, which follows Arimnestos, a Greek warrior (and historical figure) during the 5th century BC. It's centered on the Greco-Persian Wars, and this first novel mainly focuses on the Ionian Revolt and the buildup to more famous...
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