A review of the Snugg Live Wire Blue Flowing Light Charging Cable for iPad mini

Snugg Live Wire Blue Flowing Light Charging Cable for iPad mini: Image 1

The lovely people at Snugg have very kindly sent me a blue light charging cable to further accessorise my iPad mini (for which they gave me a beautiful new case a month back). The charging cable is compatible with my iPad mini, featuring a Lightning Connector to USB connection. The blue light flow shows battery [...]

My iPad mini’s beautiful new case

Snugg iPad mini leather case in balck.

Running a fantasy book review website is very much a labour of love. It is never going to make me wealthy and early retirement is looking increasingly unlikely. So if something good comes my way I make sure that I grasp it with both hands. And so when an email arrived the other day from [...]

SUVUDU Fantasy Cage Match Round 2

Round 1 left me feeling pretty happy, but I doubt it’ll stay that way for long. Here are all of the Round 2 matches for the Suvudu Fantasy Cage Match, and Suvudu’s recap of Round 1.

SUVUDU Fantasy Cage Match Round 1

I’ve made it clear that I’m a huge fan of the SUVUDU Fantasy Cage Match series, so I’m going to do my part and help you keep a track of everything. Below will be links to each of the matches, so you don’t have to navigate through the multiple pages on Suvudu.com. When Round 2 [...]

Caligula: The Tyranny of Rome

Caligula The Tyranny of Rome book cover

Can a slave decide the fate of an emperor? Rome: the pulsating heart of an empire, but dominated by a stench of fear that pervades every home and every palace. Rufus, the keeper of the Emperor’s elephant, is drawn into a web of conspiracy surrounding the unpredictable and increasingly psychopathic Caligula. The young slave must [...]

The world ends this Halloween!

The Forsaken by horror/fantasy author G. Wells Taylor launches at midnight October 30, 2008 at gwellstaylor.com and wildclown.com. To celebrate the release of The Apocalypse Trilogy: Book Two, Taylor will extend FREE E-book downloads of popular Book One in the series: When Graveyards Yawn. Over 5,000 readers have downloaded copies already! When Graveyards Yawn begins [...]

Phantastes at 150!

October 28th 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of George MacDonald’s landmark fantasy novel, Phantastes. One afternoon in March 1916, the seventeen-year-old CS Lewis picked up a copy of Phantastes from a railway station bookstall. As he read the book that night he felt as though everything had changed, as though he had [...]

Small Magics by Erik Buchanan reviewed by Kathryn Whitney

An email from Kathryn Whitney arrived saying that she had  recently read a fantasy book called Small Magics and asked if we would mind publishing it. It is a fantastic review on a debut novel by author Erik Buchanan. A snippet can be seen below – read the full Small Magics review “Small Magics as [...]

Royce Buckingham makes waves in Germany

Fantasy author Royce Buckingham is riding high after making the best seller list* in Germany with his debut fantasy novel and is celebrating the U.S. release of his second novel, Goblins! Random House-Germany released Buckingham’s first book, Demonkeeper, last month as part of its new fantasy imprint, Penhaligon. The book’s German title is Damliche Damonen. [...]

Disabled author releases historical fantasy series to rave reviews

Disabled author, Lanaia Lee, has published the first book in a five-book historical-fantasy series, Of Atlantis, released in July to rave reviews. One reviewer called it, “Page to Screen Material”. Based upon one of the kings of the lost continent of Atlantis, Lee’s main character, Archimedes, prevails in war, survives the destruction of Atlantis and [...]

Books of the Month: June 2013

Four books - old and new alike - that were a joy to read are selected each month. See past winners.

Image derived from The Sacred Band book cover.The Sacred Band
David Anthony Durham
Image derived from the No Return book cover.No Return
Zachary Jernigan
Image derived from the NOS4R2 book cover.NOS4R2
Joe Hill
Image derived from the Zoo City book cover.Avilion
Robert Holdstock