by Paul S. Kemp
Egil and Nix, after slaying a demon during a routine tomb-plundering, are pulled into the machinations of a sorcerer whose family has made a pact with the same clan the demon was a part of. Also, they buy a bar.The Hammer and the Blade seems to be an homage to those Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser tales ...
I had fun with this book.
Mr. Kemp, forgive me. I enjoyed your book. Buddy sword and sorcery, against the odds, grit and luck, fun time. It reminded me of an updated Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, or a more interesting Riyria Chronicles. It entertained me during a slow night shift when I needed to be entertained...
The tale starts out with Egil and Nix doing a dungeon crawl, set on killing a demon and gaining treasure. Of course, things don’t go quite as planned and they slump off to their newly acquired bar & brothel in a rough part of the neighborhood. Lo and behold, their efforts have gained them stalkers a...
I picked up this book and its sequel after reading Paul's AMA on reddit, and enjoyed his commentary and personality. This book is the ever popular 3.5 star rating for me. It's a very light, quick read. It reminded me in many ways of Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan, however where Riyria is a...
The Hammer and the Blade is fun sword and sorcery adventure. Kemp has done something interesting here. This book is quite low brow in its use of vulgar descriptions: constantly describing puking and spitting and other bodily functions. Yet in contrast, I had to look up a lot of words when I read ...
A fair bit repetitive at parts, but I like Nix and Egil and that's enough for now.
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