Shattered Sigil: The Whitefire Crossing : The Shattered Sigil, Book One (Paperback)

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The giveaway gods were smiling on me again when I won a copy of Courtney Schafer's fantasy debut from the Staffer's Musings blog. I hadn't previously read any of the reviews in detail, but I got the sense that it had been favorably received overall—plus, I really wanted to find out just wha...

from patrickgarson

The Whitefire Crossing is a very promising fantasy debut that gets more right than wrong and fulfills most of the promises it makes to the reader with skill. A few quibbles prevent it from making the top tier but nonetheless it's enjoyable and rewarding to see some original work in the genre like...

from empress8411

I picked up this book for one reason: the author is a mountain climber who managed to work mountain climbing into a fantasy novel. I was not disappointed. This is fantastic read. Characters are well-rounded, with depth and fire and flaws, the world-building has layers and twists and logic and the...

from renbedell

A fantasy story about two travelers in a caravan group moving across the mountains from one city to the next. The exciting part of the story is there is a mystery on why they are making this urgent journey. The story has two protagonists that the narrative goes back and forth. One character is wr...

from Jim53

In a pretty standard medievalish world, a young man named Dev is an outrider, an expert in mountaineering who helps caravans cross from one country to another through dangerous passes. He has a side business of smuggling, and his partner/lover has just abandoned him and taken his money. Dev gets ...