Snakewood
by:
Adrian Selby (author)
A LIFETIME OF ENEMIES HAS ITS OWN PRICE Mercenaries who gave no quarter, they shook the pillars of the world through cunning, chemical brews, and cold steel. Whoever met their price won. Now, their glory days are behind them. Scattered to the wind and their genius leader in hiding, they are being...
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A LIFETIME OF ENEMIES HAS ITS OWN PRICE Mercenaries who gave no quarter, they shook the pillars of the world through cunning, chemical brews, and cold steel. Whoever met their price won. Now, their glory days are behind them. Scattered to the wind and their genius leader in hiding, they are being hunted down and eliminated. One by one. A groundbreaking debut fantasy of betrayal, mystery, and bloody revenge.
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780316302302 (0316302309)
ASIN: 0316302309
Publish date: 2016-03-15
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Very Grim, very dark, mercenaries who fight using alchemical brews who are now being hunted one-by-one but one decides to try to warn his friends what's coming, poison is going to take his life so it's a matter of life and death and loyalty. Not really my thing, GrimDark fantasy is not me but I fo...
Pros: A unique world from a debut writer. Cons: Stylistic choices won't be for everyone. Could be too grimdark for some. More here.
I received a free copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So I barely got through the first chapter of this book. In the first chapter we get dropped into three different POV's, have over a dozen different characters names mentioned, and jump between three different t...