Recent content by Davis Ashura

I finally read The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson and loved it. I think most people have a sense of the story, so I'll pass on describing it. I also came across a very good indie novel, Rage of Dragons by Evan Winters. It's described as Game of Thrones meets Gladiator on Arrakis, and while...

A group of authors, including me, Michael Sullivan, Phil Tucker, K.S. Villoso, David Estes, David Benem, Kelliher, Quenby Olson, Megan Haskell, and . . . well, there's a lot of us. We've got a giant MayDaySale on many of our books that we're running from May 1st through May 5th with many of...

Successful defined strictly in terms of sales, which I'm basing of the number of their Goodread ratings.

Apropos of nothing but I think Nicholas Eames' Kings of the Wyld counts as a successful newly published epic fantasy author. Haven't read it yet, but I plan to.

Just finished the first three books in the Red Rising series. Wow! Loved those books. Am now about to crack open Uprooted by Naomi Novak.

Iron Gold will cause an instant halt to anything I'm doing. . . . other than breathing.

Ack! I guess I should get the books listed soon. But first, the audiobooks need to be narrated. Speaking of, I'm actually talking to Nick Podehl tonight about the narration for books 1-2. The preliminary release dates are Feb. 27th, 2018 (my oldest son's birthday), June 18th (youngest son's...

I hope it's a lull and nothing more, but I've never seen one like this before. I first noticed it (and I wasn't the first to point it out) when Mark Lawrence published a fairly exhaustive list of bestselling epic fantasy books based on the number of Goodreads ratings they received. I was...

I'm wracking my brains trying to figure this one out. All industries need new blood, and the same holds true for publishing. And yet, I'm drawing a blank on this one. Who have the trad publishing houses found in the past 4 years who we all think will be the next great writer? The next Mark...

You're killing me, Morte. You're killing me.:cry::p

The Sunset Warrior is by Eric Van Lustbader. It doesn't take place on the moon, but it's one of those books that reads like a fantasy, but it's set in the future when magic has returned. The first book is a mix of fantasy, adventure, horror, and a dungeon crawl in a dying city. Here's the cover...

I'll suggest The Rose and the Prophet trilogy by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. Fun, fun fantasy in a desert, Arabic setting, pre-Islam with djinn, gods, and medieval knights tossed in for the heck of it. There's also Hickman and Weis Darksword trilogy, which is not as fun but still a good...

I'd say that's about right or even a little low. My local Barnes and Noble has a separate section for what's titled Teen Sci-Fi/Fantasy adventure. I've done quick number counts wherein I count out the number of women and men authoring books. If there are multiple books in a series, I only...

Crichton graduated from Harvard Medical School, but he only finished a year of residency before selling the Andromeda Strain and becoming a full time writer. As far as I know, he never progressed in his training past that single year and never had a license to practice medicine.

That's one hell of a list, but the funny thing is that mine is just as long. I get tired of reading long series that never end.