Friday 6 March 2015

FANTASY REVIEW: Rogues - Edited by George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois

Release Date: 29/08/14
Publisher:  Titan

SYNOPSIS:

If you are a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of the Ice and Fire saga. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart and yet leave you all the richer for it.


REVIEW:

Compendiums, the wonder of the new age for readers everywhere and when a fantasy gets George RR Martins name on it, you know that top notch quality is going to be revealed within. As you’d expect from this outing you have great characters, a whole host of short stories and when added to the sheer amount of talented authors within give the reader a book that is not only value for money, but a title that you really can’t afford to miss.

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