The kind of book that changes you on the inside

Now that’s what I call a good review! At Dave Brendon’s Fantasy and SciFi Weblog, the focus is on J Robert King’s masterful tale of the supernatural, Angel of Death.

I found Angel of Death to be an utterly masterful novel – one of those novels that truly only comes along very, very rarely. And it’s still echoing through my head – I replay scenes, hear the dialogue, see the imagery, feel the emotions… I haven’t read anything quite like this before; it stunned me completely, and I truly hope that this book finds its way into the hands of many, many people.

Read the full review here.

Gillian Polack has been getting to grips with King Maker (out next week):

Books can be puzzling. My current book ought to be. I tried to explain it to someone the other day.
“King Arthur in Indianapolis,” I said.
She said “Why would King Arthur be in Indianapolis?”
I blame Angry Robot. Again.

Oooh – sounds ominous…

KingMaker isn’t yet another retelling of the Arthurian stories. There are drugs and gangs and people who are almost too scared to breathe. If there’s a small world that needs saving, it’s the world of this novel: too many lives are in danger and too many people are willing to give up. What’s awesome is there is no guarantee that King is going to become the Arthur we know. His enemies understand where he comes from and what he can do before he does. They may just defeat the whole notion of a livable world before King can cause it to happen.

Ah… she liked it! -)

Meanwhile, Rose Fox (from Publishers Weekly’s Genreville) talking about Slights said:

there is no question in my mind that the best horror of 2009 was published by ChiZine Publications in Canada and HarperCollins’s new Angry Robot imprint in the U.K

Aliette de Bodard continues to attract praise for her Servant of the Underworld. This time, over at fantasyliterature.com:

Servant of the Underworld is a highly original debut novel. Thanks to a solid mystery plot and Aliette de Bodard’s extensive research into pre-Conquest Meso-America, this novel should strike a chord with more than just fantasy readers.