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More Great Fantasy from Down Under

Last QuarrelThe Last Quarrel, Episode One
Duncan Lay
Momentum Books
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I’ve been saying for a while now that some of the best and most exciting fantasy isn’t coming from the Northern Hemisphere.  Some of the freshest stories I’ve read over the last few years have come from Australia and New Zealand.

Case in point, The Last Quarrel.  I’d like to thank MIchelle Cameron of Momentum Books for providing me with a review copy.  I’d also like to apologize for letting it slip through the cracks and not getting to it sooner.  (Although it’s been one of those semesters.  I finished the book nearly two weeks ago, and this is the first chance I’ve had to sit down and write the review.)

The Last Quarrel has been published in serial format.  The combined edition will be available on the 23rd.  I’ve pre-ordered it.  Yes, I liked it that much.  I said it’s been almost two weeks since I finished it, yet the scenes and characters from The Last Quarrel have stuck in my mind.  I often don’t remember much about what I read three days ago, so this one had some things that really stood out. Continue reading

Have a Glass of Dragon Wine

Shatterwing_cover1Shatterwing: Dragon Wine Book 1
Donna Maree Hanson
Momentum Books
ebook regularly $5.99, as of this writing free
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Shatterwing is the first part of what is probably a fantasy duology. I say probably, because in addition to dragons, it also contains some sections that remind me of science fiction from the 1930s. More on that later.

It seemed to me that Shatterwing is essentially two short novels that connect on the last couple of pages.

In the first half of the book, we’re introduced to Brill and Salinda.  Salinda is the former wife of an abusive nobleman.  She’s currently working in a prison vineyard where dragon wine is produced.  This involves using dragon dung and dragon urine as fertilizer.  Dragon wine, in addition to being highly intoxicating, has unusual healing properties and is highly prized.  It’s also a risky thing to produce. Continue reading