by A.S. Hardin | Jul 12, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
While it may appear Black Sun Rising is a typical good vs evil quest tale, that would be an incorrect assumption. First, Friedman crafts her world in meticulous detail with an incredible amount of rich history and magical depth, expertly making the futuristic world of...
by A.S. Hardin | Apr 14, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
For years, I’ve held on to a very mortifying secret, one that could have led to my being ostracized by many ardent lovers of the fantasy genre. In all my forty-three years of life, I had never read The Hobbit. I am now proud to announce that this has recently changed....
by A.S. Hardin | Feb 16, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts
2023 is over, 2024 has finally begun and we’ve all gotten through that yearlong January. I jest, but I’m curious. Did you meet your reading goal last year? I know I sure didn’t. Whether your goal was a hundred books or just twenty-four sometimes we simply get too busy...
by A.S. Hardin | Jan 12, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
You’ve heard the story before: an orphaned boy, raised by a wise old man, comes to a fuller knowledge of his magic and uses it to fight the great evil threatening his world. But what if that hero were destined to become the new dark lord? Master of Sorrows is the...
by A.S. Hardin | Nov 10, 2023 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Honored Enemy was my first Raymond E. Feist novel and of his roughly 40 published works, I’m glad it was. Though this novel is the first in the Legends of Riftwar, the story itself falls near the end of a decade-long battle between two worlds, Kelewan and Midkemia. It...
