Unabridged Opinions

With the second and third volumes of his Void Trilogy, set in the same universe as his two-book Commonwealth Saga, Peter F. Hamilton makes it clear why he is one of the paramount writers of space opera working today. Hamilton’s books have a tendency towwards high page-counts, and the two being reviewed here are no [...] […]

Tongues of Serpents is the latest offering in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. For those who have not discovered Temeraire yet, think Horatio Hornblower with dragons: a brilliantly simple premise in which the Napoleonic wars are fought not only on land and sea, but also in the air – in this case by dragon force. With [...] […]