The Runelords series began in style with the wonderfully entertaining The Sum of All Men. However, things tailed off as the subsequent books failed to mirror the quality of the first book. Macmillan have recently published a full excerpt from the sixth book, Worldbinder, maybe it will mark a return to form for David Farland (Dave Wolverton). They came creeping through the woods just before dawn, four of them, weary but resolute, like hunters on the trail of a wounded stag. They halted at the ... read more

The Runelords series from David Farland will reach its seventh outing with the release of The Wyrmling Horde in September 2008.  There is however no update on the movie front with the prospect of the series being adapted into a trilogy now becoming unlikely. Hopefully The Wyrmling Horde will be a return to form for Farland following the distinctly average offering in The Lair of Bones, Sons of the Oak and Worldbinder.   David Farland biography, bibliography, interviews and book reviews ... read more

I read some of CS Lewis’s Narnia books when I was a youngster (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Prince Caspian) and enjoyed them and have been re-reading them recently as an adult and have become very uncomfortable with their content. I am currently listening to The Last Battle on audio-book and am finding them racist and full of upper class snobbery. I have read criticism before on CS Lewis’s works but that was always based upon the books being labelled as ... read more

In an insightful post on his journal David Farland laments the lack of creativity around at the moment. He comments that would-be authors all seem the follow social trends in their work and as such become the same. A very interesting read. http://www.runelords.com/journal/ ... read more

I have read the first four books of the Runelords series and was blown away by the first, The Sum of All Men. However, the books became weaker and weaker and after The Lair of Bones I decided to give up on the series altogether. Just to make sure that I was not making a mistake and in the hope that Farland pulls something out of the bag with the latest additions to the series I went onto amazon.co.uk and had a look at some of the customer reviews for Worldbinder and Sons of the Oak ... read more

David Farland has agreed to a new contract with Tor books for the publication of the 8th and 9th books in his Runelords series. Both these book will be released in 2009. ... read more

In November 2007 David Farland published a post on his journal updating the status of a proposed Runelords movie. Visit his journal for the full story http://www.runelords.com/journal/ ... read more