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Promise of Blood
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Powder Mage #1

Promise of Blood

Brian McClellan
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The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it.

It's a bloody business overthrowing a king... Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and the greedy to scramble for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces.

Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty is being tested by blackmail.

But when gods are involved... Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are w ...Read More

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh FantasySteampunkMagicMilitaryWarAdventureYoung AdultScience FictionDark FantasyChildren'sActionMiddle Grade
Promise of Blood
Promise of Blood
Powder Mage #1

Promise of Blood

Brian McClellan
3.8
8 ratings
Published year: 2013
Pages: 545

The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it.

It's a bloody business overthrowing a king... Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and the greedy to scramble for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces.

Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty is being tested by blackmail.

But when gods are involved... Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are w ...Read More

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh FantasySteampunkMagicMilitaryWarAdventureYoung AdultScience FictionDark FantasyChildren'sActionMiddle Grade

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