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Grievar's Blood by Alexander Darwin (Reviewed by Shazzie)

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 Book Review: Grievar's Blood by Alexander Darwin Official Author Website Buy Grievar's Blood  HERE Read Shazzie's review of The Combat Codes HERE Read Caitlin's review of The Combat Codes  HERE OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO:   Alexander Darwin is an author living near Boston with his wife and three daughters. Outside of writing, he teaches and trains martial arts (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). He’s inspired by old-school Hong Kong action flicks, jRPGs, underdog stories and bibimbap bowls. Outside of writing fiction, Alexander has written for publications such as Rolling Stone Magazine and SF Signal. His latest piece - "The Lost Diary of Anthony Bourdain" - was a featured piece in Rolling Stone’s January 2022 issue. OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB:  The second book in an action-packed science fiction trilogy set on a far future world where the fate of nations is determined by battle-hardened warriors who are trained to compete in brutal single combat. In a world where single combat dete...

Review: The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin

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Official Author Website Buy The Combat Codes HERE Read Shazzie's Review OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO: Alexander Darwin is an author living near Boston with his wife and three daughters. Outside of writing, he teaches and trains martial arts (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). He’s inspired by old-school Hong Kong action flicks, jRPGs, underdog stories and bibimbap bowls. Outside of writing fiction, Alexander has written for publications such as Rolling Stone Magazine, Jiu Jitsu Style and SF Signal. His latest piece, The Lost Diary of Anthony Bourdain, was a featured piece in Rolling Stone’s January 2022 Issue. FORMAT/INFO: The Combat Codes was released on June 13th, 2023 by Orbit Books. It is 419 pages long and told in the third person from Murray and Cego's POVs. It is available in ebook, audiobook, and paperback formats. OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: Centuries ago, an accord was struck whereby war was outlawed, instead replaced by fights of single combat between champions called Grievar Knights. Thes...

STEP INTO THE CIRCLE BLOG TOUR: The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin (reviewed by Shazzie and Mihir Wanchoo)

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  Official Author Website Pre-order The Combat Codes over HERE ( U.S.  |  U.K. )   OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO:  Alexander Darwin is an author living near Boston with his wife and three daughters. Outside of writing, he teaches and trains martial arts (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). He’s inspired by old-school Hong Kong action flicks, jRPGs, underdog stories and bibimbap bowls. Outside of writing fiction, Alexander has written for publications such as Rolling Stone Magazine and SF Signal. His latest piece - "The Lost Diary of Anthony Bourdain" - was a featured piece in Rolling Stone’s January 2022 issue.   OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB:   In a world long ago ravaged by war, the nations have sworn an armistice never to use weapons of mass destruction again. Instead, highly-skilled warriors known as Grievar Knights represent their nations’ interests in brutal hand-to-hand combat. Murray Pearson was once a famed Knight until he suffered a loss that crippled his homeland — but now h...