Tony Black on Bran’s Cold Handed saviour… MAJOR spoilers for Game of Thrones – Season 6 Episode 6 – ‘Blood of My Blood’. So hands up who thought Bran Stark was dead meat after the traumatic end of ‘The Door’? With poor old Hodor fulfilling his manifest destiny, his all-seeing Raven mentor cut to ribbons, […]
Book Review – Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Michelle Herbert reviews Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson… What if there were no heroes, only villains looking out for themselves? This is the question that Brandon Sanderson poses in his new series The Reckoners. We are so used to books, comics and TV shows that preach “with great power comes great responsibility” and time and time […]
Check out the cover for Star Wars: Dark Disciple
The official Star Wars site has given us a look at the cover for New York Times Bestselling author Christie Golden’s upcoming canonical novel Star Wars: Dark Disciple, which features the Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos alongside the villainous Asajj Ventress… Starring ex-Sith bounty hunter, Asajj Ventress, and the unorthodox Jedi Quinlan Vos, this new Star […]
J.K. Rowling to celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas with 12 new Harry Potter short stories
J.K. Rowling is set to deliver a special present to Harry Potter fans this month by counting down the Twelve Days of Christmas with 12 new short stories from the world of Hogwarts. Starting on December 12th and running through until December 23rd, the Pottermore website will be posting daily short stories which promise “wonderful […]
Book Review – Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler
Michelle Herbert reviews Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler… Nyctophobia is a book structured around darkness and light and its focus is on Hyperion House which is bathed in sunlight from dawn to dusk. Callie Shaw is looking to find the perfect house to share with her new husband Mateo Torres in the region of Spain he […]
Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a series of tie-in books
Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that they will count down to the hotly-anticipated release of the seventh chapter of the Star Wars Saga with a publishing initiative entitled Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will include at least 20 “in canon” books, ranging from adult and teen novels to kid’s sticker books. “The […]
Book Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry… Usually when a big blockbuster movie comes out the novelization is timed to coincide with its release, but in the case of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm decided to release the novelization of the Rian Johnson-directed film three months after the filme. Fry writes […]
Book Review – 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Michelle Herbert reviews 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster… 4 3 2 1 is a book about stories and writing, all told from one character’s perspective, that of Archie Ferguson. Although that isn’t strictly true, as there are four versions of Ferguson, each growing up slightly different from the others, in terms of their […]
George A. Romero’s The Living Dead novel to receive posthumous release
When George A. Romero passed away last year, the godfather of the modern zombie movie had been producing a new instalment in his Dead series, Road of the Dead (which he described as “The Fast and the Furious with zombies), and while the status of that project seems to be up in the air since the […]
Book Review – Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Michelle Herbert reviews Strange Weather by Joe Hill… Strange Weather is a collection of short stories, which not surprisingly have a connection to meteorological conditions, whether that is a growing forest fire or rain that no longer falls as expected. These stories have weather in the background, yet these are very human stories full of […]
