Fantasy
Alma Alexander, The Secrets of Jin-Shei
The Secrets of Jin-Shei takes place in Linh-an, an imaginary kingdom reminiscent of Ancient China. Nine women are bound by a sisterhood called Jin-Shei. They speak the same secret language, Jin-ashu, that is passed from mother to daughter and is forbidden to men. By becoming jin-shei-bao, the women make a vow to help and protect [...]
Stephen King, The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
ATTENTION: Contains spoilers if you haven’t read The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three (summary of The Drawing in the first paragraph). The third volume of Stephen King’s epic, The Dark Tower, takes up some months after Roland’s drawing is complete. Roland, according to the man in black’s predictions, has drawn two, or rather [...]
Stephen King, The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
ATTENTION: Contains spoilers if you haven’t read The Gunslinger… After reading The Gunslinger, novel about which I has mixed feelings, but which however awoke my curiosity, I did not wait much. On the same day, I began The Drawing of the Three, because I wanted to know more about the Three, and what the strange [...]