Four years scrutinising the shortlists of the David Gemmell Legend Awards. Admire our epic trek through the biggest and burliest books that fantasy has to offer!
2012
Reviews:
- Songs of the Earth- Elspeth Cooper (Gollancz)
- Among Thieves - Douglas Hulick (Tor)
- Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (Voyager)
- The Heir of Night - Helen Lowe (Orbit)
- The Unremembered - Peter Orullian (Tor)
- The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
- Blackveil - Kristen Britain (Gollancz)
- Blood of Aenarion - William King (Black Library)
- The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (Gollancz)
- The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)
2013
Reviews:
- Joe Abercrombie: Red Country
- Jay Kristoff: Stormdancer
- Mark Lawrence: King of Thorns
- Helen Lowe: The Gathering of the Lost
- Brent Weeks: The Blinding Knife
- Saladin Ahmed: Throne of the Crescent Moon
- Miles Cameron: The Red Knight
- John Gwynne: Malice
- Aidan Harte: Irenicon
- Jay Kristoff: Stormdancer
2014
Reviews:
- The Daylight War by Peter V Brett (Harper Collins UK)
- A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor/Forge)
- Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (HarperCollins UK)
- The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch (Gollancz)
- War Master's Gate by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK)
- The Garden of Stones by Mark T Barnes (47 North)
- Headtaker by David Guymer (Black Library)
- Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan (Orbit)
- The Path of Anger by Antoine Rouaud (Gollancz)
- The Grim Company by Luke Scull (Head of Zeus)
2015
Reviews:
- Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell (Jo Fletcher Books)
- The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot)
- The Godless by Ben Peek (Pan Macmillan/Tor UK)
- The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley (Pan Macmillan/Tor UK)
- Age of Iron by Angus Watson (Orbit)
- Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (HarperCollins)
- Valour by John Gwynne (Pan Macmillan/Tor UK)
- Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence (HarperCollins)
- Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)
- The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks (Orbit)
2016
Three visions of British fantasy (An Ember in the Ashes, Battlemage, Starborn)
No further reviews that year.