Shadowplay – Tad Williams
Hachette Livre Orbit, 2007
656 pages
RRP: AU$32.95
ISBN: 978-1-84149-292-6
Reviewed by Andrew Williams
Thankfully, Tad Williams abandoned his increasingly tedious multivolume venture into cyberpunk, and returned to what he does best – fantasy. Shadowplay is the second volume in a new trilogy, so read the first, Shadowmarch, before attempting this, as they don’t stand alone well.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Jennifer Rardin
Hachette Livre Orbit, 2008
312 pages
RRP: AU$19.99
ISBN: 978-1-84149-637-5
Another One Bites the Dust – Jennifer Rardin
Hachette Livre Orbit, 2008
318 pages
RRP: AU$19.99
ISBN: 978-184-149639-9
Reviewed by Liz Grzyb
Once Bitten, Twice Shy is the first in a series by Jennifer Rardin, about a CIA operative Jaz Parks, whose partner/boss Vayl, happens to be a vampire. It’s paranormal action chick-lit, with butt-kicking left, right and centre. Imagine Buffy crossed with Alias and you’d be pretty close.
The Atrocity Archives – Charles Stross
Hachette Livre Orbit, 2007
319 pages
RRP: AU$19.95
ISBN: 978-1-84149-569-9
Reviewed by Jacinta Rosielle.
Zombies, gorgons, and lamias. Hi-tech spy gadgetry and blood-daubed pentacles. Charles Stross has created a world in which the occult, the supernatural, history and science fiction weave together to form a bizarre re-working of our current reality.
