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An authors blog where you can find news, links and upcoming events and appearences.
About Me
- Nathalie Mallet
- Prince George, BC, Canada
- I’m a mystery, science fiction and fantasy writer. I grew up in Shippagan, New Brunswick, but now lives in Prince George, British Columbia with my husband and two Scottish terriers. For those who are wondering how to pronounce my name, the H in Nathalie is silent, and Mallet is pronounced like ballet, the dance, but with an M. The Princes of the Golden Cage is the first installment in the Prince Amir Mystery series. The third book in the series, Death in the Traveling City, is now available.
Buy DEATH IN THE TRAVELING CITY at:
AMAZON.COM, AMAZON KINDLE
BARNES AND NOBLE, SMASHWORDS
MC NALLY ROBINSON , BORDERS
AMAZON.COM, AMAZON KINDLE
BARNES AND NOBLE, SMASHWORDS
MC NALLY ROBINSON , BORDERS
Excerpt from The King’s Daughters
Buy THE PRINCES OF THE GOLDEN CAGE at: AMAZON, BORDERS, CHAPTERS, BARNES AND NOBLE, MCNALLY ROBINSON
The Princes of the Golden Cage's audio excerpts
Appearances
Blogs and Websites
- From Down In Lucky Town
- Alex Bledsoe's Website
- Fractale Framboise
- Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine
- Robert J. Sawyer's Website
- Bundoran Press
- The Alien Next Door
- Sumptuosity
- Writing Way North Writing Way North Writing Way
- John Joseph Adams
- Lit Soup
- Kool Aid Underground
- Reality Skimming
- The Write Calling
Fantasy Links
- The Written World
- The Endicott Studio
- Enduring Romance
- Twisted Kingdom
- Flashing Swords
- The Fantasy Review
- SciFiChick
- The Book Swede
- Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
- Logical Misanthropy
- Fantasy Debut
- The Agony Column
- Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin' Blog
- The Bodhisattva
- Monsters and Critics
- Grasping for the Wind
- Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest
- EV Zine
- Critical Mass
- Bookgasm
- Wistful Writings
- Book Fetish
- Reading the Leaves
2 comments:
I have to disagree with his "the reactions to the killings happening within the castle walls seems almost blase" as a bad thing. After all those killed were either soldiers or servants whose lives will not be of significance in that setting. The reviewer is applying a Western perspective to an Eastern setting. As someone who was raised in Middle East and had a Russian nanny to booth, I actually found the reactions in both books quite authentic save for allowing some discussion of dispatching troops to search for missing princesses in the second book. As for predictability, you read ten Agatha Christie novels and you can figure the eleventh fairly from the start. For most experienced readers it is the journey that counts and for the most part, both books deliver.
Hi A. Saffar,
You are correct. In Medieval times, very little value was place on the lives of soldiers, servants, peasants and serfs. Life was cheap back then, and unfortunately when one looks at what is currently happening in places like Sudan it still is.
However, although I agree with you on several points, I also understand that people are allowed to have different opinions, and I accept that. It comes with the territory.
So you had a Russian nanny...how intriguing!
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