It took my quite some time to get into this book, but I am glad that I kept going. The story begins with a young boy rescued by a wraith which takes him and trains to be a Windchaser: a daemon hunter. Thus Darkmalian is formed. We are then jumped forward to the present day [...]
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Posted: 27th May 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's Blogs
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Book Review – The Power That Preserves – Stephen Donaldson
Posted: 10th May 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's BlogTags: Book Review, fantasy, Fantasy Novel
The Power that Preserves is the third part of the Thomas Covenant series and the end of the first trilogy. Simply put: a great book. The Unbeliever comes of age at last and accepts that he has a purpose in life other than to survive. He confesses his love for the Land into the face [...]
Review – Stephen Donaldson – The Illearth War
Posted: 6th May 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsSo, Thomas Covenant has returned to his own world only to become even more hated just for being alive and having an illness that will eventually kill him if the residents don’t first. With his mind reeling at the intrusion of his ‘dream’ Covenant begins to unravel. Not surprising. He spends three weeks battling with [...]
Book Review – Lord Foul’s Bane – Stephen Donaldson
Posted: 25th April 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsWhen Vamplit Publishing offered to take on my book they likened my style to Stephen Donaldson Author of the Thomas Covenant Chronicles and others. Now I have never heard of Stephen Donaldson so that meant little to me. I have now however acquainted myself with the author’s work and stand perplexed. Does my publisher really [...]
The Silver Cage – Mik Wilkens
Posted: 12th April 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Book Review, Mathew's BlogTags: Book Review, ebooks, Fantasy Novel, Horsham Writers, shapeshifters, werewolves
Imagine if you would two worlds joined together by Springs of Power. The Power in question allows magic to be shaped into spells and werewolves to take on the true form of the wolf. Our world, the Earth, has limited magic due to the lack of Springs. But this does not stop our business consultant, [...]
Book Review – The Invisible Man
Posted: 24th October 2010 by Mathew Bridle in Book Review, Mathew's BlogTags: badly writen novels, Book Review, H.G.Wells, Mathew E C Bridle, novels, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, The Invisible Man
It might seem odd to be reviewing something that was published over a hundred years ago but it is as contemporary today as it ahead of its time when it was first published. The Invisible Man, like so many classics, has been butchered by Hollywood and turned into trite. H.G.Wells wrote, not horror stories, but [...]
Book Review – Changeling: Blood Wolf
Posted: 10th October 2010 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, fantasy, Mathew E C Bridle, novels, writer's circle
Another bites the dust and a few other beings were the truth be told. My second review for the fantasy Book Review website is of Steve Feasey’s Changeling series, part three: Blood Wolf. In the main a good read for teenagers and young adults, if there are any that do read. It begings thus: Changeling: [...]
Book Review – Terminator Salvation
Posted: 29th September 2010 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: badly writen novels, Book Review, Horsham Writers, Mathew E C Bridle, writer's circle
My review of Terminator Salvation – Trial By Fire as posted on fantasybookreview.co.uk For those of you who have only watched the Terminator movies this book is where to begin reading the continuing story. Timothy Zahn is one of those writers that could be given any existing science fiction story and take it to places [...]