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Blog Swap: The Dawning of Doom by Barry Hutchison

Published by Darren on April 5, 2013 | Leave a response

The first rule of Blog Swapping is that there are no rules of Blog Swapping. The second rule is “no smoking” because it’s a filthy habit. You can write about anything you want on a Blog Swap, but being a capitalist pig-dog I thought I’d write a bit about my new book, The Book of Doom, which is dead proper funny an’ that, and part of the award-winning Afterworlds series. Award-winning, mind.

The Book of Doom by Barry Hutchison [Review]

Published by Darren on April 2, 2013 | 2 Responses

The Book of Doom, is the second book in Barry Hutchison’s Afterworlds series. The books stand-alone and feature different characters and stories in each book, although some of characters will be popping up in other books for cameo appearances. I enjoyed The 13th Horseman greatly…

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

Published by Darren on February 26, 2013 | 2 Responses

It was only when I had finished The Madness Underneath, that I fully appreciated it; we didn’t get the lighter start of The Name of the Start with Rory travelling to a new country, meeting new friends, and discovering Wexford (& London) that drew us in to the series.

Invisible Fiends: The Darkest Corners by Barry Hutchison [Review]

Published by Darren on September 8, 2012 | Leave a response

It’s always going to be difficult to end a series like this satisfactorily. With everything Kyle has gone though, a happy ending where they skip off down the road, into the distance as the sun sets, clearly isn’t going work. Nor, do you want him to go though all he has, and not have… something…