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Legend of Huma, The

Version 1.0.0 Est Sularis Oth Mithas Author: Richard A. Knaak Long before the Companion’s cozy reunion goes awry in Otik’s tavern, before The War of the Lance, before the Cataclysm, there was a hero who created the first dragonlance. Throughout the Companion’s adventures and fight with the Dark Queen, we heard segments about this ancient, unparalleled knight who rode dragons into battle and who defeated the Dark Queen. For the first time, in The Legend of Huma, we hear the real, unvarnished story about his unlikely rise. Huma is a Knight of the Crown. He is not particularly advanced [...]

Frances Carden2025-03-20T18:36:11-07:00March 20th, 2025|Tags: book review, dragonlance, fantasy, legends, read, reading|

Run

So Much Action It's Samey Author: Blake Crouch The day before, people were normal. The day after, most of the population is driven by inexplicable blood lust and mania. Society fell before the authorities and scientists even fully realized there was a problem. Now, the unaffected people are running for their lives. Jack Colclough is one such man. A former professor, he is now on the run with his wife Dee and their two children, Cole and Naomi. A broadcast went out on the local station, and his name was among the names of those to be tracked and killed. He [...]

Frances Carden2025-03-19T07:07:13-07:00March 19th, 2025|Tags: book review, read, reading, thriller|

Pale Flesh of Wood, The

The Trauma of Time Author: Elizabeth A. Tucker Her earliest memories are of the tree: its majestic beauty and the terrifying, exhilarating day when her father simultaneously bullied and cajoled her into climbing it to place the rope for the tire swing. It was a moment that defined their relationship – strong, chaotically loving, yet also toxic, filled with the unsaid, the inappropriate, and the broken. It was also the moment that set the stage for her father’s death. The rope she hung was the very rope which, years later, he would use to tie around his own neck. As [...]

Frances Carden2025-03-09T18:27:55-07:00March 9th, 2025|Tags: book review, read, reading|