The Dread is the concluding volume in The Fallen Kings duology, which in turn is companion to The Chronicles of the Necromancer trilogy. It was published in February 2012. I read the Nook version. The Blurb War has come to the Winter Kingdoms. The Dread will rise. Kings will fall. Summoner-King Tris Drayke takes what…
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Review: Double Dead by Chuck Wendig
Double Dead is the first full-length novel from Penmonkey Chuck Wendig. It features a vampire who wakes up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. It rocks. It was released November 15th, 2011 from Abaddon. I read the e-book. The Blurb (as posted on Terrible Minds) Poor, poor Coburn. Once the king of his castle —…
Review: Cold Fire by Kate Elliott
Cold Fire is the second book in the Spritwalker series. It was published by Orbit books on September 26, 2011. The Blurb Only one thing is certain: when Hallows’ Night comes, the Wild Hunt will ride – and it feeds on mortal blood. Cat and her cousin Bee are caught in a maze of intrigue, treachery, and…
Review: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
The Alloy of Law is a Mistborn book, which takes place roughly 300 years after the events in the original trilogy. Theoretically, you could probably read this without reading the rest – but I wouldn’t recommend it, because you’d be missing out on some awesome world-building. The Blurb Three hundred years after the events of…
Top 10 Books I Read in 2011
Since everyone else was busy doing end-of-year posts, I figured I’d throw my 10 cents out there as well. Here are my top 10 from 2011. These are books that I read in 2011, not necessarily that were published in 2011. 1. Number one, of course, has to be Jim Butcher’s Ghost Story. Because the 13th book…