Valour’s Trial (or, I suppose, Valor Trial to go by the spelling used in some parts of the world) is another in Tanya Huff’s Confederation series. I really like how easy Huff makes reading. Her books can be layered, clever and are rarely predictable but she manages to make each one a breeze to read […]
Damn drones: A review of The Heart of Valour
The Heart of Valouris the third book in Tanya Huff’s Confederation sci-fi series. We follow a bold as brass and highly effective female NCO as she leads her troop of alien allies against the might of The Others. I really liked the first book, I wasn’t sure about The Better Part of Valour but this […]
The Big Yellow mystery: A review of The Better Part of Valour
The Better Part of Valour is the sequel to Valour’s Choice in Tanya Huff’s Confederation Novel series. I really enjoyed Valour’s Choice and sure enough the opening book proves to be almost impossible. I didn’t enjoy sequel quite as much. A step or two down from the first book is still safely in the “good […]
Sex elves and AD&D: An interview with Tanya Huff
Tanya Huff is the author of The Silvered a new mage and werewolf fantasy out in the UK via Titan Books. Before The Silvered, Tanya had already grown an audience of loyal fans through the sci-fi Confederation series and hits like the Enchantment Emporium and Blood Books. The Ravenloft novel Scholar of Decay was written […]
Humanity as the aggressive aliens: A review of Valour’s Choice
I was cautious. I had recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Tanya Huff’s werewolf and mage drama The Silvered and now found myself with Tanya Huff’s military sci-fi Valour’s Choice. I like sci-fi but fantasy seems to have an easier job of pleasing me. I was cautious because I was struggling to believe Valour’s Choice would […]
