Author: Dan Ruffolo

Posted in 2015 Review Science Fiction

Review of ‘Crux’ and ‘Apex’ by Ramez Naam

Crux and Apex are the second and third novels in the Nexus series by technologist and futurist…

Posted in 1998 Fantasy Review

Review of ‘Daughter of The Blood’ by Anne Bishop

Daughter of the Blood is the first novel of now-prolific American author Anne Bishop, and the first…

Posted in 2016 Article

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 2

Welcome back, readers, to the second instalment of my look at interesting and novel magic systems. The…

Posted in Reading List

2015 Reading List

2015 Reading List and the list from my first full year of running my own business. As…

Posted in 2015 Article

Novel and Interesting Magic Systems Part 1

One of the most enduring tropes in fantasy as a genre is the presence of magic in…

Posted in 2015 Article

Top 5 Books Published in 2015

Well it’s that time of the year. The time of lists. And no review site would be…

Posted in 2015 Article

Top Five Books Not Published in 2015

Well it’s that time of the year. The time of lists. And no review site would be…

Posted in 2003 Fantasy Review

Review of Twilight Falling by Paul S. Kemp

Twilight Falling is the second novel by American fantasy author and lawyer Paul S. Kemp. It is…

Posted in 1989 Fantasy Review

Review of Shadowdale by Richard Awlinson

Shadowdale was first published in 1989 as the leading novel in The Avatar Trilogy, arguably one of…

Posted in 1990 Fantasy Review

Review of Homeland by R.A. Salvatore

While not the first book published in the Forgotten Realms by American author R.A. Salvatore, Homeland takes…