Kal Spriggs

Tag: Fantasy

  • Review: Phoenix In Shadow

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    Phoenix in Shadow is the sequel to Ryk Spoor’s Phoenix Rising. The first book introduced the main characters and gave the reader some idea of the level of threat (as well as capabilities) of the heroes and some of the antagonists. What Phoenix in Shadow did was blow all this up. The villains are shown…

  • Wrath of the Usurper Snippet Two

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    Here’s the next section of Wrath of the Usurper.  We get a glimpse of Kerrel Flamehair and where she is headed: Commander Kerrel Flamehair City of Longhaven, Duchy of Masov 15th of Pargan, Cycle 1000 Post Sundering Commander Kerrel Flamehair led Nightwhisper slowly down the ramp and onto the solid stone pier. Though the war…

  • Wrath of the Usurper Snippet One

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    Here’s the first snippet from Wrath of the Usurper, coming on 30 May! Tarjak Rusk Seige of Boirton 15th of Pargan, Cycle 1000 Post Sundering Tarjak pushed the slave girl to the side and snarled, “Food, drink, now!” As the young woman crawled away, Tarjak smiled. She was a soft, southern thing, one of their…

  • Echo of the High Kings Book Sale

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    Just a friendly reminder that you can pick up my book, Echo of the High Kings, on sale this weekend for only .99 cents.  That’s four dollars off the normal price and as a bonus, the next book will be along in only two weeks.  So if you’ve been hesitating to pick it up, you…

  • Upcoming Echo of the High Kings Book Sale!

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    Echo of the High Kings will be going on sale for the weekend in preparation for the release of the sequel, Wrath of the Usurper.  Echo of the High Kings will be available from 15-17 May for only .99 cents.  So if you’ve been on the fence about picking it up, now you’ve got no reason…

  • Wrath of the Usurper Coming Soon!

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    Wrath of the Usurper, Book II of the Eoriel Saga, will be coming at the end of the month to Amazon and in July to Audible.com and Itunes as an audiobook. Civilization is dying. The lands of the Five Duchies are in chaos. They are leaderless and each land stands alone. Besieged by barbarians, savages,…

  • Review: Larry Correia’s Son of the Black Sword

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    I’m a big fan of Larry Correia’s books in general, so when I had the opportunity to snag his upcoming epic fantasy book, the first of a new series, I bought it with little hesitation. I’ll note here that I read an electronic Advanced Reader Copy (eARC) through Baen’s website. So I’m not going to…

  • Review: David Weber’s Sword of the South

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    David Weber’s new Epic Fantasy novel, Sword of the South, is up on Baen’s websubscriptions and I picked it up last week for some ‘light’ reading.  I thought that I’d do a review of it, to give my impressions.  I’ll preface this by saying that I read an eARC of this book.  It’s not the…

  • Kal’s Liberty Con 2016 Schedule

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    For those of you going to LibertyCon, I’ve got my schedule.  This will be my first year attending and I’m really excited to be there. Day Time Name of Event Fri 04:00PM What’s new in Space Opera? Fri 05:00PM Opening Ceremonies Fri 10:00PM Author’s Alley Sat 02:00PM Author’s Alley Sat 08:00PM Reading: Thomas Mays &…

  • Who’s This Hugo Guy Who Made Everyone Angry?

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    As a number of people have been religiously watching, posting, counter-posting, fisking, counterfisking, and generally stirring the pot, I thought I’d give a broad strokes overview of what’s going on for those of you who haven’t been watching this unfold from early on.  I won’t use the acronyms which seem to have pervaded everything (SMOF,…