The Splintered Crown

An epic fantasy that captivates and enchants from the opening page to the closing scene. This is the type of storytelling that captivated me as a child, that started my love of reading. Our little band of misfit mercenaries has hit on hard times. They just need one last hurrah so they can settle down......more

I enjoyed the set up for this story, and its world. It’s a neat idea having a tavern and heroes going on quests as a continuing thread throughout this new series. Although this story is about one particular quest and its heroes, the story also takes breaks from the main action to show life within th......more

A party of adventurers in an unknown land of ghosts, on a quest for a legendary artifact, backed by the divine intervention of a mysterious demigoddess. Stop me if you've heard this one before, because you have, but that's precisely the point. Much of the appeal of The Splintered Crown is that the s......more

I was surprised by how much I liked this fantasy. I say that only because it has not a single bit of romance in it, and the cover shows an angry-looking dude shouting. I picked it up in anticipation of being on a panel with the author at a fantasy con. The basic premise is there’s a rundown pub with......more

We nerd types have all read some of the Forgotten Realms and Dungeons and Dragons books and have gotten used to their formula of writing. Most of those books are interchangeable - just change the names of the characters and cities and you have a new adventure. Larry Martin managed to write a novel t......more