![]() In terms of the plot, A Touch of Stone and Snow continues the epic thread that started in A Heart of Blood and Ashes. I would say that A Touch of Stone and Snow is a tad less-so than A Heart of Blood and Ashes or The Beast of Blackmore, but it is still far more sexually charged and explicit than a lot of Romance. These books are incredibly sexual, with graphically explicit descriptions of sex acts. ![]() These books are very much Romances, and so they are perfect for folks that want to see that old Conan S&S vibe combined with full A-plot romance. ![]() There is one on her website, but, well, not the same. The world is so vast that one of the knocks I have on this series is that the books don’t contain a map. One of the more unique aspects of this S&S world-building is that the barbaric setting is amplified with beasts – dinosaurs roam this world, and in this particular book we see a pet saber-toothed cat, a dragon, leatherwings (essentially pterodactyls), and woodstalkers (giant, white-haired, long-taloned apes) traipsing through jungles, burning plains, and snowy expanses. It is barbaric and ruthless, and fans of this genre will most definitely pick up on that vibe. There are bloody battles with swords, their fists, and sorcerers’ and the gods’ (who are real!) magic. They come together to form various alliances (this is where the series title A Gathering of Dragons comes from, where Dragon refers to a cadre of protectors) to embark on the quest contained within that particular book. The world is filled with loin-cloth wearing barbarians from the widely different lands that comprise this vast world. Shayna Murphy, Affiliates Editorīuy it: Amazon 21.A Gathering of Dragons gives off strong Sword and Sorcery vibes, highly reminiscent of Howard’s Conan the Barbarian. Equal parts funny and poignant, Tacky helps prove once and for all that low-brow doesn’t necessarily have to be in poor taste, and for pop culture-loving Millennials in particular, it’s a fun little throwback to the years where Jersey Shore-style spray tans were très chic and Creed’s Scott Stapp could (arguably) be considered a real dreamboat. King traces her coming-of-age in the mid-aughts against a backdrop of Meatloaf medleys and Josie and the Pussycats rewatches, maintaining throughout that the so-called “worst“ things our culture has to offer might not be so bad after all, if you’re open to it. If you’ve ever skipped out on plans to bingewatch America’s Next Top Model reruns or you happen to take particular delight in pouring over the 250 menu items up for grabs over at The Cheesecake Factory, then this charming debut collection from writer Rax King could be right up your alley (or make a great gift for anyone in your life who fits the bill). Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures // National Museum of the American Indian $13 Whether the person you’re buying for is a cinephile, a fan of Herzog’s in particular, or a history buff, they’ll enjoy adding The Twilight World to their collection. Herzog met Onoda in the late 1990s when he was in Japan working on an opera, and the pair hit it off: Herzog told The New York Times of their meeting that “We had an instant rapport, and he understood that I was not a journalist with a catalog of questions, but a poet.” He used the conversations with Onoda as the basis of the novel (his first). What was important to the author was something other than accuracy, some essence he thought he glimpsed when he encountered the progtagonist of this story.” (You can almost hear his voice, can’t you?) That protagonist was Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who lived in-and defended-the forests of Lubang Island in the Philippines for nearly three decades before he was found and told World War II was over. The Twilight World opens with a perfectly Herzogian epigraph: “Most details are factually correct some are not.
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