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Book Review: Beyond the Black Gate by Joseph Sale
An engrossing dark fantasy with epic world building and lyrical prose, Beyond the Black Gate is a completely different kettle of fish to its predecessor. Craig Smiley has made it beyond the Black Gate, but it’s not the paradise he was promised. Angry at his betrayal, Smiley decides to do what any self respecting serial…
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Book Review: Gods of the Black Gate by Joseph Sale
Caleb Rogers, the detective who put serial killer Craig Smiley behind bars, can’t shake the idea that the gods the killer sacrificed to might actually exist. Policemen, Caleb Rogers and Tom Marvin, thought deranged ex infantry serial killer, Craig Smiley, was locked away for good in the inescapable and inhospitable maximum security prison on Mars.…
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Book Review: Queen of Last Hope by Joseph Sale
In Queen of Last Hope, the characters from the stories in Four Horsemen come together in a dense, symbolism laden tale full of the author’s trademark layers, depth and monsters. The Prince has landed on the shores of Nekyia and claimed it for his own, bringing hope to the land of death by promising its…
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Book Review: Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Joseph Sale
Previously published in a single volume with the novella, The Fifth Horseman, under the title Nekyia, this collection of four stories is rich in symbolism, covers life and death, and is essential reading for those who love Sale’s work. In City of Illusion, Yin rules the Circle in death, spreading fear among his subjects. Can Hagga,…
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Book Review: Prince of the Wasteland by Joseph Sale
The first appearance of the prince, but by no means his last. Sale’s debut novel is just the start of things. The prince, and his thirteen apostles, all graced with powers by the same dark touch, have destroyed their world and now rule over a ruined New York City. But those who are the destroyers…