Author: Dan Ruffolo

Posted in 2016 Alternate History Review

Review of ‘United States of Japan’ by Peter Tieryas

United States of Japan is the third novel by Peter Tieryas, and is described as a spiritual…

Posted in 2013 Fantasy Review

Review of ‘The Marching Dead’ by Lee Battersby

The Marching Dead by Lee Battersby is pretty much the quintessence of a rollicking good time. Clever,…

Posted in 2013 Fantasy Review

Review of ‘Harbinger’ by Philippa Ballantine

Harbinger is the fourth of New Zealand author Philippa Ballantine’s Books of the Order, and it carries…

Posted in 2015 Fantasy Review

Review of ‘Seith and Sword’ by Chris Challice

Seith and Sword is the debut novel of Canadian author Chris Challice, and the first novel in…

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…