The Staff and Trench Coat

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon tackle our first bit of Eco-fiction with Ray Nayler's Tusks of Extinction. A heavy novella that left us both with a lot to chew on.

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon tackle our first YA novel with Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea. We found a lot of tea, but not much in the way of tempests.

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon go back to the noughties with Jason Pargin's John Dies at the End. At the very least, it reminded us how far we've come.

Welcome back to the Staff and Trench Coat, where Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon are reveling in the world of Chris Wooding's  Ember King , book one of the   Darkwater Legacy . 

The Staff and Trench Coat returns with Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon, who likewise return to the world of Nicholas Woode-Smith's Katverse with Part-Time Monster Hunter. This is a rough one.

Set sail with Magdallon and Pope on a not-so-high seas adventure of smut, abuse and mysoginy in L.J. Andrews' Ever King.

Welcome back to the Staff and Trench Coat! Raymond Magdallon and Pope Jupiter dip our toes into the Katverse today with Pure Power. This space left intentionally blank.

Join Raymond Magdallon and Pope Jupiter for a journey through Martha Wells' Witch King, and the variety of travel methods she used to tell her story!

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon are back! For Love of Magic by Simon R. Greene is certainly one of the novels of all time, but is it the worst book we've ever read?

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon are back with Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham. A book so mid it doesn't deserve more of a description.

Welcome back to the Staff and Trench Coat, where Raymond Magdallon and Pope Jupiter talk about Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. We found it an apt title.

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon are back with N.K. Jemisin's Hugo award winning "The Fifth Season". We may have some disagreements with the Hugo awards.

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon return to the Staff and Trench Coat to gush about Death Maker by J.C. McKenzie.

Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon finish their trek through the Cosmere with the end of the Way of Kings.

Welcome back to the Staff and Trenchcoat as Pope Jupiter and Raymond Magdallon tackle the first entry in the Stormlight Archive, the Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. We are going to make some people unhappy.

Welcome back to the Staff and Trenchcoat as Magdallon and Pope Jupiter discuss Robert Evans' After the Revolution.

Step into the Staff and Trenchcoat for our first presentation on Knight Errant, book one of the Knights of the Flaming Star series by Paul Barrett and Steve Murphy. We don't like it.