Gods of Nabban is set in K.V. Johansen’s world of Marakand. It’s a lush fantasy world where even gods may rise and fall like empires. This is the story of Ghu, a runaway slave who is slowly transforming into the god of Nabban, and Ahjavar, a man he rescued from possession by a devil. Ahjavar hasRead more
Last summer I took an epic road trip up the coast with a few friends on our way to a wedding in New Hampshire. On the way back, we stopped in Salem, Massachusetts, and I fell in love with the city–and not just the kitschy witchy bits. Between the overall atmosphere, the herb shops (IRead more
I picked up an ARC of The Blessed by Tonya Hurley at Book Expo a bunch of years back, and finally got around to reading it. It is by far one of the strangest books I’ve read in 2016. The basic premise of The Blessed is that there are three girls, each of whom ends up in the hospitalRead more
A coworker loaned me The Sparrow several months ago, and I’ve been slowly savoring it. It’s a literary science fiction novel about first contact with an alien species, and everything that can go wrong. In 2019, we discover a transmission of music from another planet, and the Jesuits put together an expedition to travel to and meetRead more
Brandon Sanderson is one of my favorite authors of all time, and so when a Kindle version of his novella “Legion” was released, I purchased it immediately. It’s not the next “Stormlight Archive” book by any stretch of the imagination, but it did help to tide me over until it comes out. The opening linesRead more