Perfect for fans of Mark Lawrence and R Scott Bakker, The Court of Broken Knives is the explosive debut by one of grimdark fantasy’s most exciting new voices.They’ve finally looked at the graveyard of our Empire with open eyes. They’re fools and madmen and like the art of war. And their children go hungry while we piss gold and jewels into the dust.In the richest empire the world has ever known, the city of Sorlost has always stood, eternal and unc...

Readers of Shauna Lawless and Thilde Kold Holdt will love this Celtic-inflected adventure by critically acclaimed, grimdark epic fantasy novelist, Anna Smith Spark.A Sword of Bronze and Ashes combines the fierce beauty of Celtic myth with grimdark battle violence. It's a lyrical, folk horror high fantasy.Kanda has a good life until shadows from her past return threatening everything she loves. And Kanda, like any parent, has things in her past she ...

A Woman of the Sword is an epic fantasy seen through the eyes of an ordinary woman. Lidae is a daughter, a wife, a mother - and a great warrior born to fight. Her sword is hungry for killing, her right hand is red with blood.War is very much a woman's business. But war is not kind to women. And war is not kind to mothers and their sons.

A powerhouse grimdark fantasy of bloodshed, ambition, and fate, The House of Sacrifice is the thunderous conclusion to Anna Smith Spark's Empires of Dust trilogy, which began with The Court of Broken Knives.Hail Him. Behold Him.Man-killer, life-stealer, death-bringer, life’s thief.All are bound to Him,His word is law.The night coming, the sudden light that makes the eyes blind,Golden one, shining, glorious.Life’s j...

KING OF RUIN. KING OF DUST AND SHADOWS. KING OF DEATH. HE WILL RULE ALL. THE KING IS COMING.Marith Altrersyr – father-killer, dragonlord, leader of the blood-soaked Amrath Army – is keeping his promises. He is determined to become King of all Irlast and take back the seat of his ancestors.Only Thalia, once high priestess of the Lord of Living and Dying, the holiest woman in the Empire, might stop Marith and his army’s deadly march. But she is torn between t...

Una novela épica, oscura y deslumbrante: el debut de fantasía grimdark de Anna Smith SparkEl antaño poderoso Imperio de Sekemleth se ve amenazado por la decadencia y la ruina; los nobles rivales luchan por la supremacía y están dispuestos a todo para conseguirla. El influyente aristócrata Orhan Emereth, que planea arrebatar el trono con ayuda de un ejército de mercenarios, ignora que entre sus filas se oculta un joven muy especial: Marith, que no solo huye...

Readers of Shauna Lawless and Thilde Kold Holdt will love this Celtic-inflected adventure by critically acclaimed, grimdark epic fantasy novelist, Anna Smith Spark.The sequel to the masterpiece folk horror high fantasy A Sword of Bronze and Ashes, a lyrical blend of epic myth and daily life.Kanda and her family are on a quest to rebuild the glory that was Roven. Mother and daughters stand together as a light against the darkness. But mother and daughters bo...

El rey de la muerte se ha alzado y nada puede detenerloMarith, parricida, señor de los dragones y comandante del ejército de Amrath, aspira a reinar sobre todo Irlast y a recuperar el trono de sus antepasados. Solo Thalia, antigua suma sacerdotisa del Señor de la Vida y la Muerte, podría detener a Marith y la marcha letal de su ejército.Oculta bajo las ruinas de su ciudad, Landra jura venganza. Su familia fue asesinada, su hogar destruido, y ahora Marith, s...

KING OF RUIN. KING OF DUST AND SHADOWS. KING OF DEATH. HE WILL RULE ALL. THE KING IS COMING.Marith Altrersyr – father-killer, dragonlord, leader of the blood-soaked Amrath Army – is keeping his promises. He is determined to become King of all Irlast and take back the seat of his ancestors.Only Thalia, once high priestess of the Lord of Living and Dying, the holiest woman in the Empire, might stop Marith and his army’s deadly march. But she is torn between t...

Episch, düster und unglaublich packend erzählt - das bildgewaltige Dark Fantasy-Debut von Anna Smith Spark Das einst mächtige Kaiserreich von Sekemleth wird von Dekadenz und Verfall bedroht; verfeindete Adelige streiten um die Vorherrschaft, und dazu ist ihnen jedes Mittel Recht: Der einflussreiche Fürst Orhan Emereth, der den Thron des Reiches mithilfe einer Söldnerarmee an sich reißen will, ahnt nicht, dass sich unter den gekauften Kriegern ein ganz besonderer junger Mann befindet: Marit...

Schicksal, Rache und der Mut der Verzweiflung: der 2. Teil der hypnotischen Dark-Fantasy-Trilogie »Empires of Dust« um eine Welt, die ins Chaos stürztVatermörder, Feldherr, Eroberer: Marith Altrersyr hat sich seinem dunklen Schicksal ergeben. Auf dem Weg, ganz Irlast zu unterwerfen, hinterlässt er Tränen, Blut und rauchende Trümmer. Auch das Haus der Frau, der er einst versprochen war, geht dabei in Flammen auf. Landra Relast, die einzige Überleben...

Perfect for fans of Mark Lawrence and R Scott Bakker, The Court of Broken Knives is the explosive debut by one of grimdark fantasy’s most exciting new voices.They’ve finally looked at the graveyard of our Empire with open eyes. They’re fools and madmen and like the art of war. And their children go hungry while we piss gold and jewels into the dust.In the richest empire the world has ever known, the city of Sorlost has always stood, eternal and unc...