Traitor's blade - Rambling Readers

372 pages

English language

Published Sept. 17, 2014 by Jo Fletcher Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-84866-379-4
OCLC Number:: 875410473

(2 reviews)

Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King's Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King's head on a spike. Now Tristia is on the verge of collapse and the barbarians are sniffing at the borders. The Dukes bring chaos to the land, while the Greatcoats are scattered far and wide, reviled as traitors, their legendary coats in tatters. All they have left are the promises they made to King Paelis, to carry out one final mission. But if they have any hope of fulfilling the King's dream, the divided Greatcoats must reunite, or they will also have to stand aside as they watch their world burn ...

Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, …

Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King's Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King's head on a spike. Now Tristia is on the verge of collapse and the barbarians are sniffing at the borders. The Dukes bring chaos to the land, while the Greatcoats are scattered far and wide, reviled as traitors, their legendary coats in tatters. All they have left are the promises they made to King Paelis, to carry out one final mission. But if they have any hope of fulfilling the King's dream, the divided Greatcoats must reunite, or they will also have to stand aside as they watch their world burn ...

Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King's Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King's head on a spike. Now Tristia is on the verge of collapse and the barbarians are sniffing at the borders. The Dukes bring chaos to the land, while the Greatcoats are scattered far and wide, reviled as traitors, their legendary coats in tatters. All they have left are the promises they made to King Paelis, to carry out one final mission. But if they have any hope of fulfilling the King's dream, the divided Greatcoats must reunite, or they will also have to stand aside as they watch their world burn.

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Corey reviewed Traitor's blade by Sebastien De Castell

Review of "Traitor's blade" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Unlike much of the modern crop of leaden fantasy epics where every scene is drenched in mud and grey, happiness is nowhere around, and every portentous utterance is laced with doom — nothing against these epics, mind you, I love a lot of them, but c’mon, people, crack a smile, willya? — Traitor’s Blade is brisk, quick-witted, and most of all, fun. This is not to take away from the weight of its story; de Castell leavens his plotline with plenty of serious talk, conspiracies, corruption, double-crosses, and bloodletting. But damned if you don’t have a smile on your face by the last page. Traitor’s Blade is an epic that moves with the grace of an expert fencer and leaves me begging for more.

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Dec. 19, 2017

Subjects

Heroes
Fiction
Quests (Expeditions)