Tag Archives: Morningstar Award

A Look at Kings of the Wyld

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Kings of the Wyld
Nicholas Eames
Orbit
$2.99 ebook, $15.99 print

If you haven’t read yesterday’s post heard the news, Kings of the Wyld won this year’s David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best first novel.  Congratulations to Mr. Eames.  Well done, sir.

I had attempted to read all of the nominees before voting closed this year, but Real Life got in the way.  I only managed to finish two (reviewed here and here).  I was part of the way through Kings of the Wyld when voting closed.  Travel started and somehow I didn’t get back to the book until this past week.  I’m glad I did. Continue reading →

Tethering a Mage

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The Tethered Mage
Melissa Caruso
Paperback $12.08, ebook $4.99
(Prices are current at the time the review is posted and are subject to change.)

The Tethered Mage is the second Gemmell Morningstar Award finalist I’m reviewing.  You can find the first review, for The Court of Broken Knives, here.  (For some reason, the two finalists I didn’t already have copies of when the final ballot was announced were the two I read first.  Oh, yeah, because I  bought electronic copies and could read them on my phone in spare minutes.)

I decided to read The Tethered Mage second because I thought based on what little I knew about it, it would be the one least likely to hold my interest.  I’m very glad to say that wasn’t the case at all.  Continue reading →