Promise of Blood - Couverture rigide

McClellan, Brian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 035650199X ISBN 13 : 9780356501994

Editeur : Orbit, 2013

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Promise of Blood is the best debut I've read in ages. Brian McClellan has a bold new take on fantasy (Peter V. Brett)

Guns, swords and magic together? What more could you want? How about tense action, memorable characters, rising stakes . . . Brian McClellan is the real thing (Brent Weeks)

This book is just plain awesome. I found myself enjoying every moment of it. Innovative magic, quick-paced plot, interesting world. I had a blast (Brandon Sanderson)

Excellent . . . a ripping yarn (Buzzfeed)

An historically-influenced fantastical romp filled with machismo, intrigue and magic (SCIFI NOW)

A French Revolution with wizards; McClelland's debut packs some serious heat (KIRKUS REVIEWS - starred review)

Promise of Blood is filled with engaging characters, original worldbuilding, and a plot that left me unable to put the book down . . . An engaging and wonderfully-written work (FANTASY FACTION)

An amazing debut (BOOKTHING)

Promise of Blood is a lot of fun, and the start of something potentially fantastic (CIVILIAN READER)

Stunning, well crafted, compelling and engaging (THE FOUNDING FIELDS)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'The Age of Kings is dead. And I have killed it.'

Field Marshal Tamas's coup against his king sends corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brings bread to the starving. But it also provokes war in the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers' unions and mercenary forces.

Stretched to his limit, Tamas relies heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be Tamas's estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty will be tested to its limit.

Now, amid the chaos, a whispered rumour is spreading. A rumour about omens of death and destruction. Just old peasant legends about the gods returning to walk the earth. No modern educated man believes that sort of thing . . .

But perhaps they should.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Orbit
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 035650199X
• ISBN 13: 9780356501994
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 560