The Guns of Empire Book Review

by The Wanderer

Author: Django Wexler
Publisher: Roc
Genre: Flintlock Fantasy
Series: Shadow Campaigns Book Four
Pages: 464

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With all immediate threats to Vordan removed, Queen Raesinia Orboan wishes to make peace with her once enemies. But First Consul Janus bet Vhalnich has other plans, and he won't stop until Elysium and the Black Pontifex are defeated, even if he has to march across the vast Murnskai Empire to do so. For Winter Ihernglass and Marcus D'Ivoire this upcoming war means choosing between their loyalty to the crown, or the general that's won them every battle.

The Lies of Locke Lamora Book Review

by The Wanderer

Author: Scott Lynch
Publisher: Bantam
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Series: Gentleman Bastard Book One
Pages: 719

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I Only Steal Because My Dear Old Family Needs Money To Live 

Locke Lamora is an orphan in the corrupt city of Camorr. Growing up a small-time pick-pocket with reckless ambition, he eventually becomes known as The Thorn of Camorr, a master thief. Working with his small team of Gentleman Bastards, he serves the city's crime lord Barsavi, paying him a pittance, while working on larger and grander heists involving the city's nobility. Locke's successes are put in danger when Barsavi and his underground empire goes to war with a new powerful presence styling himself as the Gray King.