The first review is in for Magebane, and it’s a doozy: a starred review in Publishers Weekly: Chane makes a splash with this spectacular epic-feeling stand-alone fantasy debut…Double and triple crosses, fast-paced action, and powerful moral conviction will have readers hanging on every word. Read the whole thing!
Is it October 4 already? It is, and that means that Magebane is officially available, published (of course) by DAW Books. You can buy it in all the usual places: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Chapters, Barnes & Noble, to name just a few. And it’s available in both paperback and popular ebook formats. Here’s the blurb from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A.M. Donovan at Night Owl Reviews rates Magebane at 4.5 stars (“I Loved it – Top Pick”): Evil wizards, multi-level conspiracies, magic, hidden kingdoms, cruel tyrants, usurpers, and a hint of steampunk make this book entertaining. Lee Arthur Chane…has done a marvelous job of making all of this work together. Instead of being overwhelmingly complicated […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another nice review for Magebane, this one from Errant Dreams: Lee Arthur Chane’s Magebane is an original and delightful tale of epic fantasy and magic, steampunk science, adventure, tragedy, and love…. The mix of high fantasy and steampunk is one that I regarded with suspicion; such a blend is difficult to do well, such that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First up, Just a Guy Who Reads Books, who begins his review by saying: Chane combines some steampunk sensibilities with a magic world, infuses the whole thing with some potent political plotting, and presents the result – a fantastic novel. And finishes… Ultimately, a highly satisfying novel. I’d love to see something further in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Although Magebane is not a YA novel, it does have relatively young protaganists, and there’s certainly no reason older teens wouldn’t enjoy it…a fact with which VOYA concurs. VOYA (it stands for Voice of Youth Advocates) magazine is “the leading library journal dedicated to the needs of young adult librarians, the advocacy of young adults, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…even though “some of the book was a little inappropriate.” To which I suppose I must plead guilty, but, hey, I didn’t write it for the YA market! Glad to see younger readers are enjoying it too, though. The reviewer at Flamingnet (a site where pre-teens and teens review YA books), a 14-year-old from Hunting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
QC and Bridges, weekly free-circulation entertainment/lifestyle magazines put out by the Regina Leader Post and the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, respectively, have both just run what I wrote for their popular “Read My Book” feature focusing on local authors’ works. Here’s what I had to say about Magebane (the online version here at the Star-Phoenix’s website is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wonderful to see that Magebane has been picked up by the Science Fiction Book Club. Not only will that mean more readers will discover it, it means there’ll be a hardcover version, too! Their description is nice, too: Magebane by Lee Arthur Chane is that rare breed of novel—a brisk-paced, twist-filled stand-alone adventure of science […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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