When a clue hidden in a classic poem sets a young man and his sister on a dangerous hunt for the lost, magical plunder of a notorious bandit syndicate, they must outrun the Emperor’s deadly Brocade Guard while solving a game of increasingly lethal riddles.
Tag: Canadian literature
Review – The Revived
A privileged young man hunts for his missing mother—one of fifty people recently revived from a coma who all share a dire message about the fate of humanity.
Review – This Accident of Being Lost
Through a series of interconnected series of scenes and images drawn from a decolonized reality, an Indigenous storyteller challenges dominant colonial narratives and reclaims the privilege of creating her own.
Review – Shadows of Divison
Shadows of Division. M. A. McAlpine. 2025. The fourth and penultimate book in the Mya of Thebes Chronicles. As the series hurtles towards resolution, Mya is separated from her friends, and followers….
Review – Darkblade Assassin
When a legendary shadow assassin is betrayed by his own guild and left for dead, he must weaponize a forbidden, soul-consuming dark blade to hunt down his former masters before the weapon devours his remaining humanity.