Michael over at The Mad Hatter's Review recently read and reviewed The Winds of Khalakovo. Here's a brief excerpt: Even amid all the Fantasy it is the characters who you'll remember the best. Each goes through torn loyalties all for believable reasons. The action surrounds Prince Nikandr Khalakovo for the most part as he is [...]
Here's a nice little review from the Sneaky Burrito. This, by the way, is my favorite part of the review: Female characters were decent; some men can't do female characters well at all, but Beaulieu seems to succeed. Honestly, there were a few times I forgot I was reading something written by a man. (Although [...]
This review actually came out early in the year, but I missed it, but the review is rather complimentary of my story, "Foretold," so I thought I'd post it: Foretold by Bradley P. Beaulieu This is quite a nice story, with science and superstition mixing; the Russo-Greek cultural setting is quite brilliant, with some really nice [...]
Elitist reviews just posted their thoughts on Winds. They had some very nice things to say, along with a couple of issues. Here's a short excerpt from the full review: One of the main elements of this novel that really had us nodding in appreciation was the setting. The use of an archipelago for the country/kingdom [...]
Paul Weimer has posted his review of Winds at The Functional Nerds. Here are a few brief excerpts from Paul's full review: There is a lot here for epic fantasy fans to sink their teeth into. As I said in the opening to this review, Beaulieu has taken the opportunity to mine some unexplored veins for [...]
I posted earlier about my book launch party at Boswell Books in Milwaukee this coming weekend. Well, Boswells has a blog site, and on it several employees post about the goings-on in the literary world. The buyer for Boswells, Jason, just posted a short but glowing review of Winds. Here's a small excerpt: [...] just [...]
Check out the following from Stephan over at The Ranting Dragon: All in all, The Winds of Khalakovo is an amazing first volume in what may become a series to challenge more established epic fantasy series like A Song of Ice and Fire and Malazan Book of the Fallen. However, at this stage, I dare not make such a lofty [...]
Stefan Fergus, also known as the Civilian Reader, has posted his review of The Winds of Khalakovo. It's a very positive review that digs into the politics of the world pretty heavily, which is kind of gratifying since that's something I like to hang my hat on. He also talk about the main systems of [...]
Close on the heels of the first market review of Winds comes the second, this one from Publishers Weekly. Here's a brief excerpt from the full review: Debut novelist Beaulieu paints a detailed and realistic portrayal of individual fates bound up in social responsibilities as well-grounded cultures clash… The prose is often poetic—airborne skiffs under [...]
So here's a weird thing about being a debut novelist (and there are many weird things, or so it seems to me): my history up to this point has been as a short fiction author, and although I've been in over a dozen anthologies and magazines, the state of the industry is such that short [...]
I've officially joined the Black Gate posse. My first blog post is on the fantasy deckbuilding game of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer. You can find the post here, and the Black Gate blog here.
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