Download or read book The Grasping Goblin written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. The Nightmare Queen is hunting Ike and Mellie. A spell from forbidden Gobbeloon might stop her, but it won’t be easy to get. On the way Ike will be struck blind, forced to eat maggot soup and carried by an enraged demon, upside down with his bum hanging out, right across Grimmery. Then he picks up a bolt of frozen lightning. Bad move. Oh, yes, Ike dies in this story. And he still can’t avoid the Nightmare Queen’s cruel vengeance. In this book you will encounter lunatics, night-gaunts, a punning rat and a compulsive liar. Not to mention the most cunning enemy Ike has ever faced – the wicked goblin, Aigo. Reviews of Grim and Grimmer “The funniest horror story you’ll read in a long while – Ian Irvine is a master of fantasy and this is the best yet.” Good Reading “An extraordinary fantasy world. Fast and furious and very funny.” Reading Time “A fun adventure for upper-primary readers. Recommended.” Bookseller and Publisher “The Grasping Goblintakes the two reluctant heroes on a very wild ride. A grand adventure.” Aussiereviews.com “I gasped and laughed my way through these three books.” Dee White, Kid’s Book Capers. “A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious.” Jacq Ellem, hittheroadjacq.com “The fun explodes off every page.” Richard Harland, multi-award winning author of Worldshaker. “Fantasy genius Ian Irvine manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one.” Aussiereviews.com on The Headless Highwayman
Download or read book Goblins in the Castle written by Bruce Coville and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What moans at midnight in Toad-in-a-Cage Castle? Toad-in-a-Cage Castle was filled with secrets -- secrets such as the hidden passages that led to every room, the long stairway that wound down to the dungeon, and the weird creature named Igor who lived there. But it was the mysterious night noises that bothered William the most -- the strange moans that drifted through the halls of the castle where he was raised. He wanted to know what caused them. Then one night he found out....
Download or read book The Goblin Corps written by Ari Marmell and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreaded Charnel King was foiled by the bumbling efforts of a laughable band of so-called heroes. King Dororam, accompanied by that same group of delusional upstart heroes is fielding an army unlike any seen before. "The Few, the Proud, the Obscene"
Download or read book Wizardry Crag written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. Tamly’s Birth Foretelling said he would be a danger to magic, and it seems to be true. The sorcerer brothers Harshax and Krushax are hunting him down – but for what terrible purpose? It will take all Tamly’s courage to face his enemies and thwart their evil plan. Fantastically illustrated by DM Cornish. Reviews and Honours for The Sorcerer’s Tower Shortlisted for the 2008 Aurealis Award, Best Children’s Series “A new series by two of Australia’s best. It has all the things that turn reluctant readers into avaricious readers – fast moving plot, big gribble monsters and really cool illustrations.” Reading Time “A thrilling bedtime chapter book for parents to read to children five years and older.” The Courier Mailon Thorn Castle “Fast moving fantasy adventure, brought to life by Cornish’s distinctive illustrations.” Good Reading “A fast-paced, easy reading book for middle primary school.” The Ballarat Courier “This exciting story is likely to appeal to young readers who like their adventures action-packed, but also to slightly older, reluctant readers.” Sunday Tasmanian “Children as young as six will enjoy this fast paced novel. Non-stop fantasy action with humour and colourful detail.” The Courier Mail on Black Crypt “Beautifully crafted with magic, excitement, surprises, chases and fights all the way.” Aurealis “From one of Australia’s masters of fantasy, this action-packed series is a wonderful introduction to the genre for readers aged nine and over. Perfect for the reluctant or younger reader.” Aussiereviews.com
Download or read book The Fate of the Fallen written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After ten years of servitude, Nish is still held in the blackest dungeon of the maimed God-Emperor, his corrupt father. With the sorcerous quicksilver tears, Gatherer and Reaper, the God-Emperor controls all magic and is remaking the world in his depraved image. Now he wants Nish to be his lieutenant, to become as foul as he is. But the malevolent God-Emperor executed the only woman Nish has ever loved and, even faced with another decade in prison, he cannot serve his father. Santhenar’s only hope of freedom now rests on shy, bookish Maelys, who has been given a shameful duty by her overbearing aunts. Maelys’ gift will allow her to reach Nish’s dungeon unseen, but how can she get him out past the all-seeing gaze of Gatherer and Reaper? And even if she does, how can a friendless renegade with no magic take on the most powerful tyrant the world has ever seen? You won’t want to miss this ‘unflaggingly inventive’ fantasy series by million-selling author Ian Irvine. What reviewers say about the Three Worlds books “A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders.” – Locus “A page-turner of the highest order … Formidable!” – SFX on Geomancer “It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years.” – Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald “Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up.” – Starlog “Utterly absorbing.” Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly “For sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine.” SFX on The Destiny of the Dead “As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.” – Adelaide Advertiser Reviews of The Song of the Tearstrilogy “Hang on with both hands, because this story waits for no one.” Sandy Auden, SFX on The Fate of the Fallen. “The final payoff is fantastic. The most unflaggingly inventive storyteller we’ve seen in years.” Sydney Morning Herald on The Destiny of the Dead “This precise and beautifully crafted novel blooms from its ascetic opening to a resonant and rewarding climax. Makes what’s currently available on fantasy shelves seem hackneyed and formulaic. Utterly absorbing.” Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly “Unbelievably, Irvine has managed to increase the pace of his story in this third and final volume – for sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine around at the moment.” SFX on The Destiny of the Dead. “Whether you like interesting characters, good description or a well thought out world, this book is bound to impress you.” – Nicole Juliette, Dreamhosters.com "Another blockbuster fantasy series." Colin Steele, Canberra Times.
Download or read book A Shadow on the Glass written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient times the Way Between the Worlds was shattered, leaving bands of Aachim, Faellem, and Charon trapped with the old humans of Santhenar. Now Llian, a Chronicler of the Great Tales, uncovers a 3,000-year-old secret too deadly to be revealed-while Karan, a young sensitive, is compelled by honor to undertake a perilous mission.
Download or read book Tetrarch written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2003-08-07 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aachim have invaded with an irresistible fleet of battle constructs – and their embittered leader, Vithis, demands half the world. Santhenar, on its knees after a hundred years of war against the lyrinx, is in no position to resist. But even if the Council of Scrutators agrees to Vithis’s demands, can anything satisfy his thirst for vengeance? Tiaan, now feeling utterly betrayed, is hunted through the abandoned city of Tirthrax by an implacable Nish, who burns at her previous rejection of his advances, and blames her for the invasion. The future of the world rests in the hands of three flawed people. Tiaan, whose geomancy holds the key to the power that can save or destroy humanity. Nish, who has sworn to redeem himself by bringing her to justice. And beautiful, brave, haunted Irisis, whose great talents are hidden even from herself. You won’t want to miss this edge-of-the seat epic fantasy series by a million-selling author. What reviewers say about the Three Worlds books “A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders.” – Locus “A page-turner of the highest order … Formidable!” – SFX on Geomancer “It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years.” – Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald “Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up.” – Starlog “Utterly absorbing.” Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly “For sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine.” SFX on The Destiny of the Dead “As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.” – Adelaide Advertiser Reviews and Honours for The Well of Echoes Scrutator, Honourable Mention, 2003 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel, and listed in the Sydney Morning Herald’s BEST BOOKS OF 2003. Chimaera listed in the Sydney Morning Herald’s BEST BOOKS OF 2004. “Ian Irvine has produced one of those rarities in the fantasy genre, and that is a unique, well-thought-out world coupled with a well-written storyline. A gripping read.” Enigma “This is, attractively, grimmer and grittier than most fantasy novels with a real sense of industrial squalor and a society in paranoid melt-down-and with a neatly unpleasant set of twists at the end.” Roz Kaveney, Amazon.uk “Irvine imagines the epic landscape through which the characters move in persuasive detail and describes it powerfully.” Australian Book Review. “A page-turner of the highest order ... Irvine can now consider himself comfortably ranked next to the works of Robert Jordan and David Eddings and, more appropriately, the mighty Anne McCaffrey. Formidable!” SFX
Download or read book The Grim and Grimmer Box Set written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-11 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete Grim and Grimmer humorous fantasy quartet for primary readers. It’s not easy to be a hero when your bum is the size of an airship and you’re bobbing around the ceiling, mocked by angry dwarves. The Fey Queen, Emajicka, is stealing the children of Grimmery for her Collection. She bathes in their nightmares to relieve her own. There is one nightmare she wants most of all. If Ike had stayed home that Tuesday, he would not have been expelled from school, betrayed a princess or robbed a murderous queen. He would not have been tied to an insane imp desperate to eat his liver. He certainly would not have floated across a strange land on an impossible rescue mission, powered by exploding manure. Nor would he have tried to escape via that disastrous troll-bum door. But can he ever escape the Nightmare Queen? Reviews “The funniest horror story you’ll read in a long while – Ian Irvine is a master of fantasy and this is the best yet.” Good Reading “Entertainingly written in an energetic, descriptive style. An extraordinary fantasy world. Fast and furious and very funny.” Reading Time “Irvine has great fun creating his world. Funny and fast-paced, Ike’s story reads briskly, leavened with a little horror and a dash of scatological humour. A fun adventure for upper-primary readers. Recommended.” Bookseller and Publisher “The Headless Highwaymanis the first book in the Grim and Grimmer series from fantasy genius Ian Irvine, who manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one.” Aussiereviews.com “The Grasping Goblintakes the two reluctant heroes on a very wild ride. Very funny too, as well as dangerous, gory and grotty. A grand adventure.” Aussiereviews.com “I gasped and laughed my way through these three books. Action packed.” Dee White, Kid’s Book Capers. “A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious.” Jacq Ellem, hittheroadjacq.com “Fantasy genius Ian Irvine manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one.” Aussiereviews.com on The Calamitous Queen
Download or read book The Runcible Jones Box Set written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 1744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. In a world terrified of magic, a boy is abandoned to the worst school in the world – Grimdgrim. A place designed to crush all magic out of him. But Runcible Jones has to learn magic, to uncover the truth about his father’s death on another world. Hurled through a gate to magical Iltior, Runcible’s arrival begins a war that will spread to Earth. But why is Lord Shambles, the blackest sorcerer on Iltior, hunting him? To uncover the truth, Runcible must fight the dreadful sorcerer, but even if he wins, nothing will ever be the same again. After every defeat, Lord Shambles comes back stronger than before, and more determined to punish humanity. Having crushed all resistance on magical Iltior, he moves the war to Earth, and so much power has been drained that the world is on the verge of collapse. Unfortunately, Earth’s weapons are useless against this enemy. Only Runcible Jones can stop him, though it’s an impossible battle – a fourteen-year-old boy against the most terrible sorcerer on two worlds. Runcible will need every bit of his courage and cunning to save Earth. Praise for the Series “A great book for rainy days and lazy afternoons.” John Cohen, Reading Time “A well written and exciting series.” Northern Daily Leader “A great read.” Book Bites
Download or read book The Last Albatross written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2015-11-21 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An embittered eco-terrorist. A deadly secret. The fate of the world rests on a most unlikely hero. Jemma Hardey dreams of a quiet life, and starting a family with her partner, Ryn. Poor fool! Because Ryn’s embittered friend Hercus is planning the ultimate crime: the destruction of western civilisation. And he expects Ryn to help him, for they share a dangerous secret from their student days. A secret that would send them to prison for a very long time. Now Ryn has another urgent problem. His work on Antarctic ice sheet melting is showing alarming results and he can’t work out why. Then Hercus’ secret gets out, it’s worth a fortune to a doomsday ecological cult, and Jemma and Ryn are on the run from ruthless eco-terrorists and professional hitmen. As Ryn struggles to work out what will happen when the ice melts, Jemma desperately tries to stop Hercus’s catastrophic plan – before it plunges the world into a war that can leave no winners. And shatter her life and her dreams, forever. You won’t want to miss this edge-of-the-seat eco-thriller by million-selling author Ian Irvine. What reviewers say about the Human Rites series “The action-packed plot of doomsday cults and planetary collapse isn’t far from the truth.” – The Times “A chilling suspense story. Portrays a frighteningly plausible future.” – US Library Journal “A well-crafted near-future eco-thriller.” – Roland Green, US Booklist. “Ian Irvine is a great storyteller. Your heart pounds with the violence and adventure of the racing plot.” – Australian Bookseller and Publisher “Irvine surpasses himself ... impossible to put down.” Sydney Morning Herald. “The most important work of Australian science fiction yet published in this country.” Rob Jan, Sci-Fi Radio Zero-G. “Frantic action and SF terror … in a world where corruption and technology are hell-bent on social destruction.” Murray Waldren, The Australian. “One of the best genre writers around – Irvine's considerable narrative powers are brought to bear in a grim near-future vision of plot and counter plot.” Hobart Mercury. “A book for right now, that everybody should be reading.” Keith Stephenson, Aurealis. Honours and Listings The Last Albatross listed in The Australian’s Best of Summer Reading. Terminator Gene shortlisted for the Aurealis Award.
Download or read book Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. On a freezing winter’s night, Lord Shambles shatters the tower where the children are learning magic. Runcible, Mariam and their friends run for their lives. All Iltior now lies in the dreaded sorcerer’s hands and, as soon as he steals the children’s unique magic, he will attack Earth. As they are hunted across Iltior, Runcible realises that there is only one way to attack their enemy. The children must sneak into his terrible fortress and there Runcible has to take on Shambles, the greatest sorcerer in the world, all by himself. Praise for the Series “A great book for rainy days and lazy afternoons.” John Cohen, Reading Time “A well written and exciting series.” Northern Daily Leader “A great read.” Book Bites
Download or read book The Well of Echoes Box Set written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 2850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war has been raging for a hundred years … and humanity is close to defeat. Santhenar is locked in conflict with the lyrinx – intelligent, winged predators from the Void who are desperate to gain their own world. And despite the development of mechanical battle clankers, and mastery of the crystals that drive them, humanity is losing. The enemy is destroying its nodes of magical power, one by one. Tiaan, a clever but naïve crystal worker in a clanker manufactory, is testing a new kind of crystal when she overhears an enchanting young man, Minis, speaking from far away. The crystal has woken her gift for geomancy, the most powerful of all the Secret Arts, and the most perilous. It is a talent that both humanity and its enemies are desperate to control. Falsely accused of sabotage by Irisis, a malicious rival, Tiaan flees for her life. But soon she is stalked by the outcast, wingless lyrinx, Ryll, who plans to use her in his dreadful flesh-forming sorcery. From afar, Minis advises and guides Tiaan and she now sees him as more than a friend. Aching for him, Tiaan follows his instructions all the way to Tirthrax, the tallest mountain in all the Three Worlds, where a nightmare awaits her … You won’t want to miss this edge-of-the seat epic fantasy series by a million-selling author. What reviewers say about the Three Worlds books “A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders.” – Locus “A page-turner of the highest order … Formidable!” – SFX onGeomancer “It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years.” – Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald “Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up.” – Starlog “Utterly absorbing.” Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly “For sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine.” SFX on The Destiny of the Dead “As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.” – Adelaide Advertiser Reviews and Honours for The Well of Echoes Scrutator, Honourable Mention, 2003 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel, and listed in the Sydney Morning Herald’s BEST BOOKS OF 2003. Chimaera listed in the Sydney Morning Herald’s BEST BOOKS OF 2004. 'Ian Irvine is arguably the most inventive fantasy author to emerge in recent years. A page-turner of the highest order ... Irvine can now consider himself comfortably ranked next to the works of Robert Jordan and David Eddings and, more appropriately, the mighty Anne McCaffrey. Formidable!' SFX 'This is, attractively, grimmer and grittier than most fantasy novels with a real sense of industrial squalor and a society in paranoid melt-down – and with a neatly unpleasant set of twists at the end.' Roz Kaveney, Amazon.uk 'Ian Irvine has produced one of those rarities in the fantasy genre, and that is a unique, well-thought-out world coupled with a well-written storyline. A gripping read.' Enigma 'Irvine imagines the epic landscape through which the characters move in persuasive detail and describes it powerfully. The misery of the manufactory's oppressed children and fearful adults is effectively communicated and elaborated. Driven by fear and inadequacy ... they cheat, lie and betray others in the cause of their own ambition, but are nonetheless sympathetically portrayed.' Australian Book Review.
Download or read book The Headless Highwayman written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. It’s not easy to be a hero when your bum is the size of an airship and you’re bobbing around the ceiling, mocked by angry dwarves. The Fey Queen, Emajicka, is stealing the children of Grimmery for her Collection. She bathes in their nightmares to relieve her own. There is one nightmare she wants most of all. If Ike had stayed home that Tuesday, he would not have been expelled from school, betrayed a princess or robbed a murderous queen. He would not have been tied to an insane imp desperate to eat his liver. He certainly would not have floated across a strange land on an impossible rescue mission, powered by exploding manure. Nor would he have tried to escape via that disastrous troll-bum door. But can he ever escape the Nightmare Queen? Reviews of Grim and Grimmer “The funniest horror story you’ll read in a long while – Ian Irvine is a master of fantasy and this is the best yet.” Good Reading “An extraordinary fantasy world. Fast and furious and very funny.” Reading Time “A fun adventure for upper-primary readers. Recommended.” Bookseller and Publisher “The Grasping Goblin takes the two reluctant heroes on a very wild ride. A grand adventure.” Aussiereviews.com “I gasped and laughed my way through these three books.” Dee White, Kid’s Book Capers. “A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious.” Jacq Ellem, hittheroadjacq.com “The fun explodes off every page.” Richard Harland, multi-award winning author of Worldshaker. “Fantasy genius Ian Irvine manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one.” Aussiereviews.com on The Headless Highwayman
Download or read book Black Crypt written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. Meadowhythe has lost its magic, but Kym has a plan to get it back. She and her friends Mel and Tamly must creep into the heart of the mountain, then down a crevasse deep enough to swallow them forever, to the crypt where Shardax the sorcerer buried his enemies. They had better not be afraid of dead things though… Fantastically illustrated by DM Cornish Reviews and Honours for The Sorcerer’s Tower Shortlisted for the 2008 Aurealis Award, Best Children’s Series “A new series by two of Australia’s best. It has all the things that turn reluctant readers into avaricious readers – fast moving plot, big gribble monsters and really cool illustrations.” Reading Time “A thrilling bedtime chapter book for parents to read to children five years and older.” The Courier Mail on Thorn Castle “Fast moving fantasy adventure, brought to life by Cornish’s distinctive illustrations.” Good Reading “A fast-paced, easy reading book for middle primary school.” The Ballarat Courier “This exciting story is likely to appeal to young readers who like their adventures action-packed, but also to slightly older, reluctant readers.” Sunday Tasmanian “Children as young as six will enjoy this fast paced novel. Non-stop fantasy action with humour and colourful detail.” The Courier Mail on Black Crypt “Beautifully crafted with magic, excitement, surprises, chases and fights all the way.” Aurealis “From one of Australia’s masters of fantasy, this action-packed series is a wonderful introduction to the genre for readers aged nine and over. Perfect for the reluctant or younger reader.” Aussiereviews.com
Download or read book Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. After every defeat, Lord Shambles comes back stronger than before, and more determined to punish humanity. Having crushed all resistance on magical Iltior, he moves the war to Earth, and so much power has been drained that the world is on the verge of collapse. Unfortunately, Earth’s weapons are useless against this enemy. Only Runcible Jones can stop him, though it’s an impossible battle – a fourteen-year-old boy against the most terrible sorcerer on two worlds.Runcible will need every bit of his courage and cunning to save Earth. But this time, someone close to him is going to die. Praise for the Series “A great book for rainy days and lazy afternoons.” John Cohen, Reading Time “A well written and exciting series.” Northern Daily Leader “A great read.” Book Bites
Download or read book The Way Between the Worlds written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 1999-09-07 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Curse on the Chosen written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The allies are trapped on Mistmurk Mountain and the God-Emperor guards every way of escape. There’s only one chance left: for demure little Maelys to confess to a crime she has not committed, though if she does it must turn her friends against her. And even if they can escape through the perilous shadow realm, the God-Emperor’s armies will hunt them to the ends of the world. Nish, Flydd and Maelys have no choice but to trek to the Tower of a Thousand Steps, on the frozen Isle of Noom. There they must seek aid from the implacable sorcerer who has controlled the world for an unknown but terrible purpose for more than a century – the Numinator. But on that tragic journey they will uncover a deadly secret, a folly that has been shaping life and death in the Three Worlds for over three thousand years, and now threatens to consume them all. You won’t want to miss this ‘unflaggingly inventive’ fantasy series by million-selling author Ian Irvine. What reviewers say about the Three Worlds books “A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders.” – Locus “A page-turner of the highest order … Formidable!” – SFX on Geomancer “It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years.” – Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald “Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up.” – Starlog “Utterly absorbing.” Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly “For sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine.” SFX on The Destiny of the Dead “As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.” – Adelaide Advertiser Reviews of The Song of the Tears trilogy “Hang on with both hands, because this story waits for no one.” Sandy Auden, SFX on The Fate of the Fallen. “The final payoff is fantastic. The most unflaggingly inventive storyteller we’ve seen in years.” Sydney Morning Herald on The Destiny of the Dead ‘Unbelievably, Irvine has managed to increase the pace of his story in this third and final volume – for sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine around at the moment.’ SFX on The Destiny of the Dead. ‘This precise and beautifully crafted novel blooms from its ascetic opening to a resonant and rewarding climax. Makes what’s currently available on fantasy