Jon Hollins, author of DRAGON LORDS: FOOL'S GOLD

If the Beatles held a concert tomorrow (with all the necromancy required for that to happen), it still wouldn't be as good a 'getting the band back together' story as this. Instead, I'll have to content myself with waiting for the sequel, and reading it again - B&N SCI-FI AND FANTASY BLOGĪn outstanding debut which will make you laugh and cry and hold your breath. If I could, I'd see the tour, and buy the t-shirt. Manages to be a comedy, an adventure tale, a consideration on growing older, and a sendup of fantasy conventions, all at the same time. Eames clearly set out to write something fun to read and he has succeeded spectacularly - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Moreover, the plot is emotionally rewarding, original, and hilarious. Eames has cranked the thrills of epic fantasy up to 11.

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group ISBN: 9780356509020 Number of pages: 528 Weight: 360 g Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 33 mm MEDIA REVIEWSīrilliant debut novel. 'A fantastic read, a rollicking, page-turning, edge-of-your-seat road-trip of a book' - John Gwynne It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld. Rescuing Rose is the kind of impossible mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. Then a former bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help: his daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy horde one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. But their glory days are long past the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Parker Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best - the meanest, dirtiest, most feared and admired crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. 'An outstanding debut which will make you laugh and cry and hold your breath.

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames