Tag: Brandon Sanderson

Review: Legion by Brandon Sanderson

Posted September 21, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 3 Comments
Review: Legion by Brandon Sanderson

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Legion by Brandon Sanderson Series: Legion #1 Published by Gollancz on July 16, 2015 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Novella, Science Fiction, Short Stories Pages: 80 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Brandon Sanderson is one of the most significant fantasists to enter the field in a good many years. His ambitious, multi-volume epics and his stellar continuation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series have earned both critical acclaim and a substantial popular following. In Legion, a distinctly contemporary novella filled with suspense, humor, and an endless flow of invention, Sanderson reveals a startling new facet of his singular narrative talent. Stephen Leeds, AKA ‘Legion’, is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialised skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his ‘aspects’ are drawn into the search for […]

Review: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

Posted February 25, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 3 Comments
Review: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Firefight by Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #2 Published by Gollancz on January 6, 2015 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 432 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Babylon Restored, formerly Manhattan, may give David answers. Ruled by the mysterious High Epic, Regalia, David is sure Babylon Restored will lead him to what he needs to find. And while entering another city oppressed by a High Epic despot is a gamble, David’s willing to risk it. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in David’s heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with another Epic—Firefight. And he’s willing to go on a quest darker, and more dangerous even, than the fight against Steelheart to find her, and to get his answers. Yay! David is back in Firefight, with his amazing metaphors and, actually I can’t think of anything else because the mere […]

Review: Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson

Posted November 18, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #1.5 Published by Gollancz on October 23, 2014 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Pages: 96 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads An action-packed Reckoners story from Sunday Times Bestseller Brandon Sanderson that bridges the action in Steelheart with the all new adventure Firefight, in a collectible HB edition From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, co-author of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson, comes Mitosis, a short story set in the action-packed world of Steelheart: the Reckoners series, exclusively available in a HB collector’s edition. Epics still plague Newcago, but David and the Reckoners have vowed to fight back. Catch all the action before Firefight, the exciting sequel to Steelheart, hits the shelves. Mitosis was a brilliant action-packed short story! It had everything packed […]

Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Posted October 18, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 4 Comments
Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #1 Published by Orion Books on September 26, 2013 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 386 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills. Nobody fights the Epics…nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in. He wants Steelheart – the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David’s father. For years, like the Reckoners, David’s been studying, and planning – and he has something they need. Not an object, […]