by Chase Thacker | May 3, 2022 | Book Reviews
Stephen Fry already reinterpreted the Greek myths about their pantheon in Mythos, and he retold the stories of Greek heroes with aplomb in Heroes. In his third book of his series, Troy, Fry tackles one of the biggest, most famous stories in history: the fight at Troy...
by Chase Thacker | Apr 21, 2022 | Book Reviews
Darth Bane: Path of DestructionIn the original Star Wars trilogy, we only see two Sith. In the prequel trilogy, Yoda makes that two-Sith limit even more explicit in his famous “Always two there are; no more, no less.” quote. But, why is that the case? In...
by Chase Thacker | Apr 19, 2022 | Book Reviews
The Eye of the World If you are like many epic fantasy readers (including me!), you started your journey with Tolkien’s influential works. For decades, other authors struggled to break through in the fantasy world–until Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of...
by Chase Thacker | Apr 8, 2022 | Book Reviews
Stephen Fry’s Mythos was an incredible tour de force as Fry broke into writing about mythology, specifically the Greek origin myths and tales of the Olympians. In Heroes, he moves on through the Greek mythological timeline to cover tales of demi-gods, monsters,...
by Chase Thacker | Apr 5, 2022 | Book Reviews
**Warning: This post may have spoilers from the earlier books in these series. Check out my reviews for books 1 and 2 in these series if you want to know more about them. Intro After the events of Of Dawn and Darkness and Of Darkness and Dawn, you would think that...
by Chase Thacker | Apr 5, 2022 | Book Reviews
In the Old Republic, the war between the Sith and the Jedi rages on. When the Sith deceives the Jedi and conquers Coruscant while in the middle of peace talks, the effects are not only on a large scale; the blowback ripples out to impact the lives of a young Jedi, a...
