An Extract from THE HAND OF THE SUN KING by J. T. Greathouse

THE HAND OF THE SUN KING J. T. Greathouse (jtgreathouse.com) Gollancz (gollancz.co.uk) £16.99 Buy a copy from your local independent bookshop Grandmother led me up the steps to the altar at the temple’s heart. She unbound her hair and let its thick reddish-brown curls, tinted grey at the temples, flow freely over her shoulders. Like […]

An Excerpt from ASHES OF THE SUN by Django Wexler

ASHES OF THE SUN Django Wexler (https://djangowexler.com/) Head of Zeus (https://headofzeus.com/home) £20.00 Prologue Gyre and Maya were playing ghouls and heroes. Gyre had to be the ghoul, of course. Maya would never tolerate being anything less than a hero. Summer was in full flower, and the sun was alone in a pale blue sky, with […]

THOSE ABOVE by Daniel Polansky

THOSE ABOVE (The Empty Throne Book 1) Daniel Polansky (www.danielpolansky.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £18.99 It is almost thirty years since the war between mankind and Those Above, the godlike creatures who live at the top of the great mountain city, The Roost. Now, as the warlike Aelerian people contemplate breaking the truce that has […]

GUEST POST: The Feeling by EDWARD COX

Name: EDWARD COX Author of: THE RELIC GUILD (2014) On the web: edward-cox.tumblr.com On Twitter: @EdwardCox10 The great question: why do I write? I’ve been asked this a number of times, and my answers have been varied. I’ve taken the pretentious route, proclaiming that no one chooses to be a writer, writing chooses you. I’ve […]

TRAITOR’S BLADE by Sebastien de Castell

TRAITOR’S BLADE Sebastien de Castell (decastell.com) Jo Fletcher Books (www.jofletcherbooks.com) £20.00 The Greatcoats are the stuff of legend. Traveling Magisters, their job is to travel the country bringing the King’s justice to his subjects and ensuring his laws are upheld. Falcio val Mond, once the First Cantor of this elite group of men and women, […]

An Interview with DEN PATRICK

Name: DEN PATRICK Author of: THE BOY WITH THE PORCELAIN BLADE (2014) On the web: http://www.denpatrick.com On Twitter: @Den_Patrick Den Patrick was born in Dorset in 1975 and shares a birthday with Bram Stoker. He has at various times been an editor, burlesque reviewer and Games Workshop staffer. He lives and works in London, and […]

THE BOY WITH THE PORCELAIN BLADE by Den Patrick

THE BOY WITH THE PORCELAIN BLADE Den Patrick (www.denpatrick.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £20.00 On the weather-beaten island of Landfall stands the sprawling Demesne – four great Houses built around a central Keep which houses the reclusive, and reputedly mad, King. Lucien ‘Sinistra’ di Fontein is Orfano, a disfigured foundling taken in by the nobility of Demesne […]

Extract: WORDS OF RADIANCE by Brandon Sanderson

WORDS OF RADIANCE (The Stormlight Archive Book Two) Brandon Sanderson (brandonsanderson.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £20.00 Today on Reader Dad, we’re very pleased to present an exclusive extract from Brandon Sanderson’s new novel, Words of Radiance. Below you will find Part 1, Chapter 1 of the novel, following on from yesterday’s extract at Sci Fi Now. Alternatively, […]

THE COPPER PROMISE by Jen Williams

THE COPPER PROMISE Jen Williams (sennydreadful.co.uk) Headline (www.headline.co.uk) £13.99 For the fifth title in the Hodderscape Review Project, we move into the realms of fantasy with the debut novel from Jen Williams, The Copper Promise, released this month by Headline. Don’t forget to check in to the Review Project site to find out what my […]

THE LEAGUE OF SHARKS by David Logan

THE LEAGUE OF SHARKS David Logan (davidloganwriter.com) Quercus (www.quercusbooks.co.uk) £6.99 Junk Doyle was twelve years old when his mother stopped loving him. When he is twelve years old, a strange-looking giant of a man sneaks into Colin "Junk" Doyle’s home and abducts his six-year-old sister, Ambeline. His parents find him at a nearby cliff top, […]