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Vol. III · No. 1
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Featured Review

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson  ·  reviewed by E. M. Larkin

The first volume of The Stormlight Archive — a thousand pages of storm-scarred worldbuilding that redefines what maximalist epic fantasy can do.

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In this issue

  1. The Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin
  2. The Blade ItselfJoe Abercrombie
  3. The Final EmpireBrandon Sanderson
  4. The Will of the ManyJames Islington
Cover of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Review Fantasy

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson

The first volume of The Stormlight Archive — a thousand pages of storm-scarred worldbuilding that redefines what maximalist epic fantasy can do.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  July 8, 2026
Cover of The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

Review Fantasy

The Fifth Season

by N. K. Jemisin

Three women, three timelines, one broken continent — a Hugo-winning novel whose structural conceit is inseparable from its rage.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  July 8, 2026
Cover of The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

Review Fantasy

The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie

The book that reset commercial fantasy for a generation — Abercrombie's debut is grim, funny, character-first, and quietly furious about the fantasy genre it inherited.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  July 8, 2026
Cover of Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Review Fantasy

The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

The first Mistborn novel — the heist-fantasy that made Sanderson a household name, and the clearest demonstration of what his engineered-magic approach can achieve.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  July 8, 2026
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Review Fantasy

The Will of the Many

by James Islington

A Roman-imperial dark academia where citizens cede their life force upward — and the orphan refusing to play might be hiding more than the empire.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  May 22, 2026
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Review Dark Fantasy

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V. E. Schwab

Three women across five centuries, all turned to vampires, all bound to the same maker — a sapphic gothic of hunger, vow, and slow rot.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  May 22, 2026
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Review Dark Fantasy

Alchemised

by SenLinYu

A thousand-page dark fantasy in three timelines: an alchemist erases her own memories of the man she loved before he can be turned against her.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  May 21, 2026
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Review Dark Fantasy

Empire of the Dawn

by Jay Kristoff

The finale of the silversaint trilogy — Augustin, Charbourg, and the long con that finally lifts Daysdeath. Every framing device collapses; every promise comes due.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  May 21, 2026
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Review Dark Fantasy

Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff

A framed confession from the last silversaint — a brutal, sprawling, devastatingly assured opening to a new vampire trilogy.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  May 21, 2026
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Review Dark Fantasy

Empire of the Damned

by Jay Kristoff

The middle volume — Gabriel and Dior pulled apart, Aaron turned, the secret of the Five Bloodlines, and a final-page reveal that turns the page upside-down.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  May 20, 2026
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Review Science Fiction

Leviathan Wakes

by James S. A. Corey

The opening volume of The Expanse — a noir detective and an idealistic ice hauler, dragged together by an alien weapon.

★★★★★ E. M. Larkin  ·  May 20, 2026

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