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  Official Author Website Order the book HERE OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: As you might have guessed from the cover, A Gallery For The Barbarian is not your typical run of the mill fantasy. It is unconventional in every sense of the word and defies both genre conventions and reader expectations at every possible opportunity, but that is exactly where its charm lies.  The set-up of this story is that we are following the undead artist, Violetto , as he provides the backstory behind some of the paintings in his gallery. As a result, this book feels like a collection of short stories where Violetto and his muse, Brask the barbarian, are the only red threads weaving it all together into a cohesive narrative. Some stories are cosy, others are dark and disturbing, but they all have one thing in common: they are positively delightful in their eccentricity. I personally found Violetto a very intriguing unreliable narrator/protagonist and I am quite impressed with how much personality and dept...

TODAY IS THE DAY! We have chosen our champion, and we’re excited to announce the winner and runners-up. First, we want to thank all SPFBO participants. We sincerely appreciate your involvement in the process.  After getting through the batch of thirty books, we’ve picked six semi-finalists.  We’ve enjoyed all of them, and the prospect of sawing off another five entries held no appeal to us. Unfortunately, SPFBO rules require blogs to make tough decisions. Such is the harsh reality of this  bloodbath  contest. ADAM'S PICK The Last Ranger is incredibly immersive and has a cool world-building. Also, Leiyn is a badass protagonist (though she could use some self-restraint sometimes :) ) CHELS'S PICK Crucible of Lie s provides a rich world-building, intriguing magic system and a very distinct character. ESMAY'S PICKS Death's Disciple is an excellent dark fantasy with intricate world-building and intriguing characters. The Ruptured Sky pleased us with its brisk pacing and s...

  Official Author Website Buy The Hexologists HERE OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO:  Josiah Bancroft is the author of five novels, a collection of short fiction, and numerous poems. His books have been translated into eight languages. Before settling down to write fantasy full-time, he was a college instructor, rock musician, and aspiring comic book artist. When he’s not writing, he enjoys strumming a variety of stringed instruments, drawing with a growing cache of imperfect pens, and cooking without a recipe. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Sharon, their daughter, Maddie, and their two rabbits, Mabel and Chaplin. FORMAT/INFO: The Hexologists  was published by Orbit Books on September 26th, 2023. It is told in third person from the POV of Iz and Warren Wilby. It is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook format. OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS:  Warren and Iz Wilby are the Hexologists, a pair of investigators who use Iz's skill at drawing and casting hexes to solve whatever p...

 Interview with Kritika H. Rao, author of The Surviving Sky Official Author Website Order  The  Surviving  Sky   HERE Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of the book here INTERVIEW Welcome to Fantasy Book Critic! Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us, could you please tell us a little bit about yourself? Thank you so much for having me! I love FBC and it's great to be here. I am Kritika H. Rao, and I am a science-fiction and fantasy author, a mom of a beautiful, naughty toddler boy, an immigrant, and a general weirdo trying to make sense of life and adulting.  Could you describe your book, THE SURVIVING SKY, in three words, and then in three sentences? Competent people chaos. Survival of the human species depends on one unhinged married couple; There are large creatures and jungle storms; This is a genre-weird but logically sound world.  I find it every hard to explain how, as a desi (Indian subcontinental) reader, I feel quite seen in th...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  J.D.L. Rosell was swept away on a journey when he stepped foot outside his door and into The Hobbit, and he hasn't stopped wandering since. In his writing, he tries to recapture the wonder, adventure, and poignancy that captivated him as a child. His explorations have taken him to worlds set in over a dozen novels and five series, which include Ranger of the Titan Wilds, Legend of Tal, The Runewar Saga, and The Famine Cycle. When he's not off on a quest, Rosell enjoys his newfound hobby of archery and older pastimes of hiking and landscape photography. But every hobbit returns home, and if you step softly and mind the potatoes, you may glimpse him curled up with his wife and two cats, Zelda and Abenthy, reading a good book or replaying his favorite video games. Find him online: Webpage The Last Ranger links: Amazon , Goodreads Tell us about yourself! Favorite hobbies? Interesting anecdotes? Whatever you’d like to share. Oh boy, is anyone less interesting th...

Official Author Website Order The Price Of Power over HERE Today we are excited to help in the map reveal for Michael Michel 's The Price Of Power series . But first you have to checkout Andrew's tremendous review for Michael 's debut which he also nominated as a SPFBO 9 Semifinalist:  So today Michael along with artist Daniel Hasenbos  have come up with this amazing piece for the lands of Namarr:  Isn't it a beauty? you can checkout more of Daniel 's work on his IG page  and his twitter account . As a cartophile, I love maps in fantasy stories and this one is just magnificent to say the least.   I can't wait to get started on The Price Of Power and the sequel whenever he plans to release it. Check it out to understand why Andrew is so gaga about it. 

Starter Villain by John Scalzi review   Book links : Amazon , Goodreads ABOUT THE AUTHOR: JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular SF authors of his generation. His debut Old Man's War won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation,and Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel), and 2020's The Last Emperox. Material from his blog, Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. Scalzi also serves as critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter. Publisher:  Tor Books (September 19, 2023) Print length: 272 Formats: ebook, audio, paperback A stupid villain threatens, Charlie. A smarter villain offers a service. Starter Villain is awesome. Its selling points include executive-level cats, awful billionaires, and vengeful working-class dolphins. A briskly paced and funny story seals the deal. Charlie’s life sucks. All he wants is to open a pub d...