The Orbital Sword

David, Scott, and Jim once again enter the reading room on board the Orbital Sword to discuss Sara J. Maas’ Heir of Fire, the third installment of the Throne of Glass series of fantasy novels. This one is quite a departure from the first two books. Celaena learns to use her magic under the tutelage of a cruel … Continue reading

On this episode of the Orbital Sword, David, Scott, and Jim discuss Tiamat’s Wrath, the eighth book in James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series. In this story, Holden remains a captive of Winston Duarte, leader of the Laconian Empire. Amos is on a secret mission to end the empire , but is sidetracked when he meets Teresa. They intern … Continue reading

The boys go into the reading room aboard the Orbital Sword to look at a book full of epic romance, epic battles and an epic reveal. Let’s just cut to the chase; David and Scott thought it was an epic book, but Jim said he thought he might have picked up one of his wife’s … Continue reading

David, Scott, and Jim once again board the Orbital Sword and head into the cosmos to report on the activities of the crew of the Rocinante while they discuss the seventh book in James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series. Persepolis Rising joins the action thirty years after the events of the last book. Holden and Naomi look forward to retirement and … Continue reading

David, Scott, and Jim look at The Glass Throne by Sarah J. Mass. It is the first of a series of fantasy books that focus on a young, but renowned assassin who unwillingly finder herself in a contest that if she loses, could cost her her life. If she wins, her freedom is assured after four years … Continue reading

David, Scott, and Jim are proud to bring you their impressions of the sixth novel in the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey, Babylon’s Ashes.  Our intrepid crew explore this segment of the story that envisions the aftermath of the Free Navy’s attacks against Earth and the Martian Navy, as well as Marco Inaros’ plans … Continue reading

The Orbital Sword once again takes flight with an unusual episode. The crew discusses The Green Knight by Chris Dietzel which is touted to be a sci-fi/fantasy mashup in the vein of Star Wars and Arthurian Legend. What makes this an unusual episode is while Jim read the whole book, Scott read about 75% of it, and … Continue reading

On this episode of The Orbital Sword, David, Scott, and Jim discuss the fifth book in the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games. The story focuses on the member’s of the Rocinante crew as they temporarily go their separate ways to deal with situations from their past as well as new situations of the present. We get a lot … Continue reading

Ahoy Matey! Welcome aboard the Orbital Sword where we look closely at Chris Allcock’s pirate fantasy novel Sea of Thieves: Athena’s Fortune. David, Scott, and Jim discuss aspects of this novel based on a video game. The guys are somewhat split on whether they liked it or not. No one hated it, but it seems that there … Continue reading

On this episode of the Orbital Sword, David, Scott, and Jim discuss Cibola Burn, the 4th book in the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey.  The giant gate is open end humanity is chomping at the bit to explore, colonize, and exploit what they find at the other end of the wormholes that the gate has to offer. One … Continue reading