Fantasy Book Critic reviews Guardians of the Desert

“Guardians of the Desert reads very much like its own novel too, not like a second half of a larger book…I will recommend it unreservedly to anyone loving a good traditional fantasy novel.” So say Liviu Suciu and Cindy Hannikman of Fantasy Book Critic in their review of Leona Wisoker’s Guardians of the Desert, sequel [...]

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Library Journal recommends Guardians of the Desert

More great words about Leona Wisoker’s new novel: “Having risen to the position of desert lord, the noblewoman Alyea of Peysimun must learn to wield her power wisely in a world where humans must contend with the enigmatic ha’reye, a people more ancient than humanity. Alyea entrusts her political education to Deiq of Stass, who [...]

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SF Revu recommends Guardians of the Desert

Fans of Leona Wisoker’s Secrets of the Sands are anxiously awaiting the release of the sequel, Guardians of the Desert, at the end of this month. SF Revu columnist Colleen Cahill sums up their feelings: “When the second book in a series comes out, especially one I enjoyed a lot, I take up the book [...]

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Library Journal reviews The Shadow of the Sun

This week’s edition of Library Journal includes a review of The Shadow of the Sun by Barbara Friend Ish. Reviewer Jackie Cassada has this to say: “Once a king in his own right, Ellion brought scandal and death to his family. Swearing never to practice magic again, he sought refuge as a bard in the [...]

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A librarian recommends Secrets of the Sands

The Williamsburg Regional Library has a very cool blog in which they feature one book recommendation per day. Yesterday’s book was Secrets of the Sands by Leona Wisoker. Reviewer Neil Hollands calls the book “a strong first fantasy, an epic with a desert setting as fully realized as that in Frank Herbert’s classic science fantasy [...]

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Publishers Weekly reviews The Shadow of the Sun

This week’s edition of Publishers Weekly includes a review of The Shadow of the Sun, the debut novel of Barbara Friend Ish, calling the book “enthusiastic epic fantasy”. We thought it was exciting, too. Meanwhile, PW has this to say: “The grander conflict that drives the book will be familiar to readers, but Ellion gives [...]

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Darkcargo reviews Children of the Desert by Leona Wisoker

Just in time for Christmas, nrlymrtl posted a rare Double Review of Secrets of the Sands and the forthcoming Guardians of the Desert by Leona Wisoker. I always enjoy nrlymrtl’s reviews, because she’s a perspicacious reader who picks up on all sorts of subtleties and also because she has a hilarious way with words. This [...]

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Darkcargo reviews The Shadow of the Sun

Correction: the Darkcargo reviewer who wrote about The Shadow of the Sun was not Elizabeth, Mistress of Things Darkcargo, but her associate Nrlymrtl. Thanks Elizabeth for setting the record straight!   Elizabeth Campbell Nrlymrtl of the Darkcargo Blog shares these thoughts on the forthcoming The Shadow of the Sun by Barbara Friend Ish: ” This [...]

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SF Signal on Edward Morris: This Is Exactly What We’ve Been Saying

SF Signal has a review of this year’s edition of The Year’s Best Horror–which includes a story by our own Edward Morris. As you might imagine, reviewer Jonathon McCalmont finds plenty of good things to say about these stories. We were particularly delighted by his take on Ed’s Lotophagi, which pretty much encapsulates what we’ve [...]

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Fantasy Book Critic review of Secrets of the Sands

Today on Fantasy Book Critic, Liviu Suciu and Cindy Hannikman team up for a very detailed and thoughtful review of Secrets of the Sands by Leona Wisoker. For those two reviewers’ many fans, the thought and effort that went into the review will come as no surprise; they give a great deal of information on [...]

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