The Skin Map is the first installment of Stephen R. Lawhead’s Bright Empires series, planned to encompass five volumes. He’ll need every one of them. The scope of this story is as broad as time itself and spans several alternate universes. … Read More Book Review: The Skin Map, by Stephen R. Lawhead
Ah, the best-laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley. I left my copy of The Skin Map at work yesterday (40 miles away) and had to stay home today to accompany my daughter to a college interview. So, I won’t be able to complete my reading and review of The Skin Map and… Read More October CSFF Blog Tour Day 3: The Bone House, by Stephen R. Lawhead
As I continue to wend my way through The Skin Map and The Bone House, I find myself enjoying Mr. Lawhead’s Omniverse more and more. From the loving attention to details of environment and culture to the memorable characters who are simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary, to the easy and natural banter among those characters that overcomes… Read More October CSFF Blog Tour Day 2: The Bone House, by Stephen R. Lawhead
I’ve mentioned in past tours that Thomas Nelson is a class act. When I requested an electronic review copy of this week’s feature, Stephen R. Lawhead’s The Bone House, they cheerfully provided it, then asked, just in passing, if I’d yet read the first book in the Bright Empires series, The Skin Map. I confessed I had not,… Read More October CSFF Blog Tour Day 1: The Bone House, by Stephen R. Lawhead
Day 3 already! I was going to talk about ley lines, but Matt Mikalatos beat me to the punch. Aloha, Matt! However, he very helpfully suggested an alternate topic. It seems our hero in The Skin Map is searching for something else besides the map…a decent cup of coffee. How Coffee Came to Europe Oh,… Read More November CSFF Blog Tour, Day 3: The Skin Map, by Stephen R. Lawhead
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