
The Wheel of Time
The Shadow Rising
The past stops being decoration and starts changing what the present means.
Read the reviewA FANTASY READING JOURNAL BY CORY LANE
Bookbound Realm
BEYOND THE LAST PAGE
Thieves worth trusting. Kings worth questioning.
Stories worth talking about long after the end.
FROM CORY’S JOURNAL
Inside Theft of Swords, the banter is only the beginning.

RIYRIA REVELATIONS · VOLUME I
Royce and Hadrian make a wonderfully uneven pair. Hadrian wants to believe there is a decent way through a bad situation; Royce would prefer to identify the nearest exit and the person most likely to betray them. Neither position is quite as simple as it first looks. Their arguments work because the affection underneath them rarely needs announcing.
From the review by Cory Lane
Read the full entryA FEW PAGES TO WANDER INTO

The Wheel of Time
The past stops being decoration and starts changing what the present means.
Read the review
The Faithful and the Fallen
Corban’s ordinary loyalties make the coming danger worth caring about.
Read the review
The Licanius Trilogy
The familiar beginning is a door, not a promise about where this story will go.
Read the review
Beyond the series
Maia’s kindness is not a lack of political intelligence. It is the beginning of one.
Read the reviewMAPS FOR THE LONGER JOURNEYS
Where to begin, what to expect,
and a review for every volume.
The long journey
Fourteen main novels, a prequel, and a cast that grows from a village into a world.
Follow the reading guide →The intricate puzzle
A completed three-book story, designed to be read closely together.
Follow the reading guide →The unlikely friendship
A cynical thief, an idealistic swordsman, and a partnership that gives an expanding adventure its heart. Three omnibus volumes collect six novels.
Follow the reading guide →The hard-won hope
Loyalty, prophecy, and ordinary courage in the Banished Lands. Four increasingly intense volumes with a completed central story.
Follow the reading guide →THE COMMON ROOM
Bring the character you can’t forgive, the ending you’re still thinking about, or the next book you need help finding.
Pull up a chair →