Author: swordsandspectres

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Tanners Dell by Sarah England {Book 2 of A Darkly Disturbing Occult Horror Trilogy) – A Book Review

Tanners Dell by Sarah England {Book 2 of A Darkly Disturbing Occult Horror Trilogy) – A Book Review

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The Blurb: Following the hypnosis of violently disturbed psychiatric patient, Ruby Dean, an unholy dark force was unleashed on the medical staff who tried to help her. Now only one of the original team remains – Ward Sister, Becky. Despite her fiancé, D.I. Ross, being unconscious and many of her colleagues either dead or critically…… Continue reading Tanners Dell by Sarah England {Book 2 of A Darkly Disturbing Occult Horror Trilogy) – A Book Review

Black Guard by A. J. Smith – A Book Review

Black Guard by A. J. Smith – A Book Review

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Blurb: The city of Ro Canarn burns. With their father’s blood fresh upon the headsman’s sword, Lord Bromvy and Lady Bronwyn, the last scions of the house of Canarn, face fugitive exile or death. In the court of Ro Tiris, men fear to speak their minds. The Army of the Red marches upon the North.…… Continue reading Black Guard by A. J. Smith – A Book Review

Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden – An Audiobook Review

Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden – An Audiobook Review

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Publisher’s Summary: Ellen Ripley finally returns to Earth, only to discover that LV-426 – where the crew of the Nostromo first came into contact with the deadly xenomorphs – has been renamed Acheron. Protected by Colonial Marines, the colonists seek to terraform the storm-swept planet against all the odds. But in the face of brutal…… Continue reading Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden – An Audiobook Review

{Short Read Sunday} Before You Sleep: Three Horrors by Adam L. G. Nevill – A Book Review

{Short Read Sunday} Before You Sleep: Three Horrors by Adam L. G. Nevill – A Book Review

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It’s been a heck of a while since I did one of these, but I have got an urge to read a few more shorts, so thought I’d crack a few more Short Read Sundays out. This week’s instalment comes to us in the form of a short story collection (with three shorts in it).…… Continue reading {Short Read Sunday} Before You Sleep: Three Horrors by Adam L. G. Nevill – A Book Review

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames – An Audiobook Review

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames – An Audiobook Review

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Publisher’s Summary: Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best – the meanest, dirtiest, most feared and admired crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. But their glory days are long past; the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk – or a combination of the three. Then…… Continue reading Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames – An Audiobook Review

Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan – An Audiobook Review

Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan – An Audiobook Review

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Publisher’s Summary: The Age of Kings is dead. And I have killed it. Field Marshal Tamas’ coup against his king sends corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brings bread to the starving. But it also provokes war in the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas’…… Continue reading Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan – An Audiobook Review

Traitor’s Blade (Greatcoats #1) by Sebastien de Castell – A Book Review

Traitor’s Blade (Greatcoats #1) by Sebastien de Castell – A Book Review

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Blurb: The King is dead, the Greatcoats have been disbanded and Falcio Val Mond and fellow magistrates Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as bodyguards for a nobleman who refuses to pay them. Things could be worse – their employer could be lying dead on the floor while the three of them are…… Continue reading Traitor’s Blade (Greatcoats #1) by Sebastien de Castell – A Book Review