ranok rated A Memory Called Empire: 3 stars
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan, #1)
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
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ranok rated Consider Phlebas: 4 stars
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced …
ranok rated Magpie Murders: 3 stars
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it …
ranok rated The Dragon Reborn: 5 stars
The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #3)
The Dragon Reborn—the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it; the savior …
ranok rated A Snake Lies Waiting: 5 stars
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
"What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a …
ranok rated A Hero Born: 5 stars
ranok rated A Bond Undone: 5 stars
A Bond Undone by Jin Yong, Gigi Chang (The Legend of the Condor Heroes, #2)
In the Jin capital of Zhongdu, Guo Jing learns the truth of his father’s death and finds he is now …
ranok rated Architects of Emortality: 3 stars
ranok rated The Eye of the World: 5 stars
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Eye of the World is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, the first book of The Wheel …
ranok rated 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: 4 stars
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans …
ranok rated The Isle of Battle: 3 stars
The Isle of Battle by Sean Russell
Epic high fantasy this good comes along only once in a while! Standing with the best of the field, Sean …
ranok rated The One Kingdom (The Swans' War, Book 1): 3 stars
The One Kingdom (The Swans' War, Book 1) by Sean Russell (Swans' War (1))
The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the …