Bloody rose

Nicholas Eames

Book - 2018

"A standalone adventure featuring a band of female mercenaries in the world of Kings of the Wyld from author Nicholas Eames, who has been hailed as "the voice of modern fantasy" by Michael R. Fletcher. Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford has always dreamed of living through glory days of her own. With a renowned mercenary for a mother and an illustrious bard for a father, battles and adventure seem the only way to really live. So when she learns that the most revered mercenary crew in Grandual is in need of a bard, she grabs her lute and goes on tour. Led by the infamous Bloody Rose, Tam and her new band embark on a mission that will earn them everlasting fame -- or certain death"--

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Subjects
Genres
Adventure fiction
Fantasy fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Published
New York : Orbit 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Nicholas Eames (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
546 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780316362535
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Review by Booklist Review

Imagine a world in which bands of mercenaries tour like rock stars. In the sequel to Kings of the Wyld (2017), Eames focuses on Tam, a tavern server and the daughter of a retired mercenary father and a mother who was a world-famous bard the was is why her father wants Tam to have nothing to do with bands, boys, or danger. But then Tam meets her idols and, through a series of bizarre circumstances, finds herself auditioning for the most famous touring mercenary band of them all, Fable, led by Bloody Rose. They say never meet your heroes because you'll find out that they're only human; in Tam's case, it's human, satyr, and a part-time bear. Hilarious.--Terry Goosey Copyright 2018 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In this hard-hitting, action-heavy follow-up to 2017's Kings of the Wyld, set six years later, a young woman joins the world's greatest adventuring band as their bard, only to discover her new heroes come with their own sets of flaws and emotional baggage. For 17-year-old Tam Hashford, raised on tales of heroism and monster slaying, it's a dream come true to tour with Bloody Rose and the rest of Fable: tattooed sorceress Cura, shape-shifting Brune, and druin warrior Freecloud. They'd rather tour the arenas instead of heading north to fight a new horde of monsters, but when their final gig-the one on which they plan to retire-goes horribly awry, it's up to this group of misfits to overcome their inner demons and save the world from a cataclysmic evil. As with the previous volume, Eames joyfully mashes rock music elements and epic fantasy tropes to create the equivalent of a 500-page heavy metal guitar solo: loud, frenetic, unpredictable, and gripping. He perfectly depicts the pressures of the younger generation struggling to escape the shadows of their predecessors and establish their own identities, even as times change and the world demands more in return. This is a messy, glorious romp worthy of multiple encores. Agent: Heather Adams, HMA Literary Agency. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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