The best thing about a humongous fantasy series is the promise of an extended stay in a world you love. The worst? The interminable wait for the next volume. Mitchell Hogan’s A Crucible of Souls, book one in the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence (say that three times fast), is the perfect solution: not only is it an enveloping read, […]
This week’s new releases include a return to the Vorkosiverse, a rollicking Roaring Twenties alt-history fantasy, and the concluding volume of an epic future history. Enjoy!
It had been quite some time since I dropped headlong into an expansive fantasy series. Then I read Mitchell Hogan’s A Crucible of Souls (book one of the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence). I guess I have him to thank for bringing me back into the “epic doorstopper” fold, and with its ominously titled sequel Blood of Innocents, he offers up another 600 pages […]