The Spy Who Haunted Me – Simon Green
Hachette Gollancz, 2009
327 pages
RRP: AU$32.99
ISBN: 978-0-575-07947-2

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

As the title implies, The Spy Who Haunted Me has a definite James Bond flavour, but in a paranormal world. Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond, is the hero of Simon Green’s Secret Histories series. The Spy Who Haunted Me is centred around a “Greatest Race” through the world and the otherworlds, where the final spy standing will win the retiring Independent Agent’s cache of secrets.

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The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Carrie Ryan
Hachette Gollancz, 2009
308 pages
RRP: AU$29.95
ISBN: 978-0-575-09085-9

Reviewed by Sarah Parker

The Forest of Hands and Teeth is a YA novel by Carrie Ryan detailing the events around a girl who dreams of what might exist beyond the forest of zombies. Known for not ever using the Z word, this novel is a fantastic telling of a solid, strong, zombie story. This is a stand alone book, and is gripping and satisfying. The pace is fast, easy reading, and I found myself completely absorbed in the world.

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The Accidental Sorcerer – K. E. Mills
Harper Voyager, 2008
442 pages
RRP: AU$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7322-8604-0

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

The Accidental Sorcerer is the entertaining story of Gerald Dunwoody, a dangerously accident-prone Third Grade wizard. After losing his job as a public servant after a bit of an explosion, he manages to land a job as Royal Court Wizard in New Ottosland, Ottosland’s isolated colony in the middle of a faraway desert.

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