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The Bone Shard Daughter

One liner: The emperor’s rule is failing, but his daughter Lin has not yet mastered bone shard magic, and will need to if she is to take her rightful place on the throne. The Pros: Awesome magic system dependent on harvesting people’s energy by taking shards of their bonesImaginative world on a world of islandsMultipleContinueContinue reading “The Bone Shard Daughter”

Perseids Meteor Shower Next Three Days

One of the things I love about science fiction is the ability to imagine other worlds and the possibilities in the immense universe in which we live. Growing up in rural Scotland, our long, dark, winter nights were the perfect canvas for my imagination. Staring at the stars there you could see the entire bandContinueContinue reading “Perseids Meteor Shower Next Three Days”

Chicon8!

I just registered. I’ve been to a lot of conferences – physics conferences, geology conferences, natural sciences conferences, student conferences, human rights conferences, medical conferences, and pharmaceutical conferences (amongst others). But this is my first SFF conference and I can honestly say I’ve never been quite as excited to go to any conference as IContinueContinue reading “Chicon8!”