The story is fast paced and filled with enough gory fight scenes to please the hard core urban fantasy reader but with a surprisingly emotional layer that may appeal to the female reader. It fails to deliver a complete world building construct and this coupled with the tendency to leave more plot threads open than resolved left this reader dissatisfied.
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Cover to Cover #188: Greg Keyes / Laura Anne Gilman
We love getting guests in the studio, and we especially love it when they are authors of Greg Keyes’ caliber. Greg stops in to talk to us about his upcoming book The Blood Knight. It is not out in stores yet, but we get an inside scoop on what to expect. And we get to talk about some of the authors more interesting hobbies.
Next up, Laura Anne Gilman tells us about Curse The Dark. This book is Book 2 of “The Retrievers” series.
Cover to Cover #187: David Eddings / C. E. Murphy
Bending to the requests of our listeners, we finally bring you an interview with David Eddings telling us about his new book Crystal Gorge. David Writes with his wife Lee and we get to talk about the dynamic of authors living and working in the same house.
Next up is C. E. Murphy, telling us about Urban Shaman, a book that Summer read and enjoyed.
Cover to Cover #182: Jane Yolen / A. M. Veillon
First up is Jane Yolen and her latest book, Pay the Piper: A Rock-n-Roll Fairy Tale. She wrote it with her son Adam Stemple and we discus the wonders of teen writing.
Next up is A. M. Veillon and her book for younger readers, Shelby and the Shifting Rings. We get to delve into the writers mind for a few minutes.
Cover to Cover #177: Vera Nazarian / Jeremy Davies
Vera Nazarian talks to us this week about a host of books. One of which is Dreams of the Compass Rose. Vera has written a lot of books. Tune in and hear about several of her favorites.
After that, Jeremy Davies tells us about his e-book Missing, Presumed Undead. If you are looking for a new e-book title to drop onto your reader, this just may be the one.
Cover to Cover #144: Richard Hatch / David Lee Summers
Richard Hatch
Battlestar Galactica is soon to be presented to us all in mini-series form, and Richard is involved (but not as Captain Apollo).
David Lee Summers
David joins us to speak on Vampires of the Scarlet Order, his latest book which deals with vampire mercenaries.
Cover to Cover #140: Tee Morris / Jon O’Bergh
Tee Morris
Tee’s got a new book out, a tale of a dwarven detective in Capone-era Chicago called Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword.
Jon O’Bergh
Interesting sounds from dreamy and floating to driving with intensity. A few tracks are sampled in our interview with Jon. His CD is entitled Songs from Other Planets.
Review: “The Tattooed Wolf” by K. Bannerman
If you like short, satisfying reads between your “Harry Potter” or “A Song of Ice and Fire” ten pound seat-raisers, then buy the tree-killer or planet-friendly version of this book.
Cover to Cover #134: Alan Dean Foster / K. Bannerman
Alan Dean Foster
Alan’s new book is Sliding Scales, continuing the “Flinx and Pip” series.
K. Bannerman
Kim’s novel (in eBook form) is The Tattooed Wolf, a strange twist on your traditional werewolf novel.
Review: “Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword”
Do you hear that sound? That is the sound of a thousand Sacred Cows of Fantasy being tipped in the night.
Let me share a piece of wisdom I’ve picked up being the reviewer for the Dragon Page. You simply cannot go wrong reading anything Tee Morris writes. You won’t find a better blend of action, humor, suspense, and romance anywhere else.
Cover to Cover #81: Scott Nicholson / Justin Gustainis
Scott Nicholson
Scott is always a welcome edition to our show, and returns to speak about The Harvest, his latest “Appalachian Gothic” novel. Referred to as Deliverance meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, it deals with the encroachment of modern technology and civilization into the pristine and native environment.
Justin Gustainis
Sometime science doesn’t go quite the way you want it to. In The Hades Project, innocent diddling with the space/time continuum opens up a gate to hell.
Cover to Cover #79: Andrew Fox / Ivan Lourie
Andrew Fox
Andrew’s latest book is Fat White Vampire Blues. Not your typical vampire novel to come out of New Orleans– this one is much more funny!
Ivan Lourie, Editor of Gateways Books
Do you wonder what happened to the great science fiction and fantasy of yesteryear? If so, you’re looking for Retro SF, and the great folks at Gateway Books is bringing it back to you in modern print.
