Aldous Mercer's Blog

This is the newly edited, digitally remastered edition of first novel - all five parts in one.

Just thought I'd let you guys know...

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The Tattered Banner by Duncan M. Hamilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars 3.5 Stars, rounding to 4, because there’s something in here that stays with you for a while. It feels very much like the bastard love-child of Dave Duncan’s Paragon Lost and Modesitt’s Scion of Cyador

The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Regency Romance? Me, Aldous Mercer, anti-romance crusader for Science and Magic? Yup. Regency Romance. Blame Heyer – in my younger army-mad phase, my Father-the-Brigadier-General said Heyer used to be required reading for his Military History class. I picked it up, and lo, it […]

Fledgling by Nicole Conway My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’ll read most things with dragons in ‘em, YA or otherwise. As advertised, the book has dragons, so +1 star. That’s…about it. In terms of the Dragons, Fledgling tries to be a cross between The Dragonriders of Pern

Incursion by Aleksandr Voinov My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thank you, Lena, for suggesting this, because it’s exactly what I was looking for. A good Gay SciFi Military/Adventure. Many people have said this, and I will reiterate: a book is made on the strength of its characters. And Kyle Juenger is a strong, strong […]

Captive Prince: Volume One by C.S. Pacat My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eating Crow… So I dropped this book after reading the kindle preview in my browser, even though I’d bought it. Then Lena’s review came by, and I was all like “yes, exactly that”. And then somebody else said, “give it a chance”. […]

Rapture at Midnight by Isobelle Cate My rating: 1 of 5 stars I have never been so amused by written descriptions of sex before. This is me, paraphrasing the book: Juliet: Verliy, for I am brought forth from Isobelle Cate’s mind like Athena from Zeus’s brow, for I am a new Juliet, a warrior, a […]

The High King’s Golden Tongue by Megan Derr My rating: 3 of 5 stars Cute, fluffy, translation/languages = fantastic idea! Author does descriptions and pace well. Large plot-based issues including lack of conflict (telling us about it is not enough) and weak character arc, which makes the payoff insipid. View all my reviews

1) Hey there! Nice to meet you. Can you introduce yourself? I’m Susskin Leeo, a hover-cab driver on Baldessh. On a world where everyone’s family, someone has to keep secrets safe. Who’s going where, who’s doing what. Or whom. Some worlds have priests, and confessionals. Baldessh has its hover-cab drivers. 2) How did you get […]

West of January by Dave Duncan My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book has stayed with me for years. It’s one of my favorites, and and the same time I dreaded reviewing it because everything about it depresses me. As I’ve said before, Duncan has a gift for creating planets, orbital elements down to […]