Tag: fiction

• Green Bone Saga review

  Jade is the lifeblood of Kekon, a gemstone that can give a warrior supernatural speed, strength and perception. Its mining and distribution are controlled by two clans locked in a vicious turf war over the nation’s capital city of Janloon. But the superpower nations of the world are starting to realise the potential of Jade…

  captainm001

  March 16, 2026

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  Book Review, book-reviews, books, fantasy, fiction, fonda lee, green bone saga, jade city, Novel review, Review

• The Tide Child Trilogy review

  R.J. Barker’s Tide Child Trilogy feels like a premise that could have been engineered by a focus group made up entirely of clones of me. In his afterword, Barker Cites Robin Hobb and Patrick O’Brian, the two authors I’ve read the most of over the past year, as major influences. On every conceptual level, I…

  captainm001

  December 14, 2025

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  Bone Ships, Book Review, book-reviews, books, fantasy, fiction, Lit, Review, RJ Barker, Tide Child

• Realm of the Elderlings series review

  (this review covers the whole series but should scan as spoiler-free to all but the most sensitive of readers) Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings comprises 16 full length novels, one novella and half a dozen short stories, but its not as intimidating as it sounds. The novels are divided into five arcs with distinct…

  captainm001

  July 29, 2025

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  Book Review, books, fantasy, Realm of the Elderlings, Robin Hobb, Farseer Trilogy, Liveship Traders, Tawny Man Trilogy, Rain Wild Chronicles, Fitz and the Fool, RotE, Fitzchivalry Farseer, fiction, reading