Anna Smith Spark

The Court of Broken Knives

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Produktbeschreibung

"In this dark and gripping debut fantasy that Miles Cameron called "gritty and glorious!" the exiled son of the king must fight to reclaim his throne no matter the cost. It is the richest empire the world has ever known, and it is also doomed. Governed by an imposturous Emperor, decadence has blinded its inhabitants to their vulnerability. The Yellow Empire is on the verge of invasion--and only one man can see it. Haunted by prophetic dreams, Orhan has hired a company of soldiers to cross the desert to reach the capital city. Once they enter the Palace, they have one mission: kill the Emperor, then all those who remain. Only from the ashes can a new empire be built. The company is a group of good, ordinary soldiers, for whom this is a mission like any other. But the strange boy Marith who walks among them is no ordinary soldier. Young, ambitious, and impossibly charming, something dark hides in Marith's past--and in his blood Dark and brilliant, dive into this new fantasy series for readers looking for epic battle scenes, gritty heroes, and blood-soaked revenge"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orbit
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 141mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780316511421
• ISBN-10: 0316511420
• Artikelnr.: 47739878

Autorenporträt

Anna Smith Spark lives in London, UK. She loves grimdark and epic fantasy and historical military fiction. Anna has a BA in Classics, an MA in history and a PhD in English Literature. She has previously been published in the Fortean Times and the poetry website www.greatworks.org.

Rezensionen

'Anna Smith Spark is a dynamic new voice in the field of grimly baroque fantasy, a knowing and witty provisioner of the Grand Guignol, a cheerful undertaker strolling across the graveyard and beckoning you to admire her newest additions.'
Scott Lynch

'This outstanding, unputdownable debut holds and horrifies like a blood-spattered tapestry. There's rough humour, high drama and a love of story-telling that shines through every page' -Daily Mail

'A confident first novel with deep veins of vice and brutality running through it, heralding the start of an atmospheric new series' -SFX

'Smith-Spark's style, like her story stretches the envelope of conventions . . . the writing is skilful, the descriptions evocative, the dialogue sparks entertainingly, while the plot twists, turns and branches sinuously . . . an innovative and entertaining debut' FantasyFaction

'This is a tumultuous, often nihilistic world - but also one where there is potential for great beauty . . . I had to keep on turning pages to see what happens next' -SFandF Reviews

'Beautifully inventive as it is brutally evocative . . . Anna Smith Spark's voice is equal parts mesmerising as it is magical . . . Once you get into the flow of things, you've dragged along, sucked down into the depths, and when you come back up you'll be gasping for air' -Fantasy Book Critic

'Fierce, gripping fantasy, exquisitely written; bitter, funny and heart-rending by turns' -Adrian Tchaikovsky