Spellslinger – Spellslinger #1 – Sebastien de Castell
There are three things that earn you a man’s name among the Jan’Tep. The first is to demonstrate the strength to defend your family. The second is to prove you can perform the high magic that defines our people. The third is simply to reach the age of sixteen. I was a few weeks shy of my birthday when I learned that I wouldn’t be doing any of those things. Magic is a con game. Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage’s duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. There’s just one problem: his magic is gone. As his sixteenth birthday approaches, Kellen…
Blog Tour: Saint’s Blood – Greatcoats #3 – Sebastien de Castell + Competition!
Release date: April 7th, 2016 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 576 Format: Hardcover Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review How do you kill a Saint? Falcio, Kest, and Brasti are about to find out, because someone has figured out a way to do it and they’ve started with a friend. The Dukes were already looking for ways out of their agreement to put Aline on the throne, but with the Saints turning up dead, rumours are spreading that the Gods themselves oppose her ascension. Now churches are looking to protect themselves by bringing back the military orders of religious soldiers, assassins, and (especially) Inquisitors – a…
Interview – Sebastien de Castell
Following up on the review I posted yesterday of ‘Knight’s Shadow’, I had a little chat with the author, Sebastien de Castell. DK: Who is Sebastien de Castell? SdC: I’m a Canadian writer of swashbuckling fantasy novels, though if you’d asked me that question two years ago you’d have received a different answer and two years from now you might get a different one still. I love to travel—both literally and figuratively—and that’s led to frequent changes in my career. Aside from writing novels, I still perform as a musician and take on the odd speaking gig. DK: What books made you fall in love with the SFF genre? SdC:…
Knight’s Shadow – Greatcoats #2 – Sebastien de Castell
Release date: March 5th, 2015 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 606 Format: Hardcover Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review Tristia is a nation overcome by intrigue and corruption. The idealistic young King Paelis is dead and the Greatcoats – legendary travelling magistrates who brought justice to the Kingdom – have been branded as traitors. But just before his head was impaled on a spike, the King swore each of his hundred and forty-four Greatcoats to a different mission. Falcio Val Mond, First Cantor, with the help of fellow Greatcoats Kest and Brasti, has completed his King’s final task: he has found his Charoites – well, one at least, and…
Spotlight: ‘Knight’s Shadow’ by Sebastien de Castell
So much excitement! Last year, ‘Traitor’s Blade’ was announced with a pretty big marketing campaign that made many of us quite curious about de Castell as a debut author. After reading it I could only agree that ‘Traitor’s Blade’ is indeed a great book and that de Castell would be high on all ‘best debut authors’ lists at the end of the year. ‘Traitor’s Blade’ did get a lot of love in the blogging community and I hope it has spread far beyond that. On the 5th of March the second book in the Greatcoats series, ‘Knight’s Shadow’, will be published by Jo Fletcher Books, and I honestly can’t wait…
Traitor’s Blade – Greatcoats #1 – Sebastien de Castell
Release date: March 6th, 2014 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 384 Format: Paperback Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 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…
