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The Hammer and the Blade (Egil and Nix #1)
by Paul S. Kemp (Goodreads Author)
by Paul S. Kemp (Goodreads Author)
Shadowhawk reviews Paul S. Kemp’s first in a new original fantasy series for Angry Robot Books, a novel that follow the adventures of the new thieving duo on the block, Egil and Nix.
“Swords & Sorcery at its best for a modern audience, The Hammer and The Blade echoes the magic of the old Dragonlance novels and takes the reader on a fast-paced adventure against sorcerors and demons through some of the most dangerous locations in the world.” ~The Founding Fields
Paul Kemp has been on my radar for a long time, ever since I found out that he had written a short story for Black Library in the Age of Legend anthology that was released earlier this year and which I reviewed here previously. I’ve also read his recent Star Wars novel, Deceived, and I quite enjoyed that one too. So when I dove into The Hammer and The Blade it was with a lot of enthusiasm and high expectations.
Verdict: The Hammer and The Blade is a truly fantastic novel that deserves to be out there with the best of the best and is a novel that I’d say is a recommended read for the Sword & Sorcery fantasy sub-genre.
Thieves seem to be a really popular set of characters in fantasy novels, far more than I ever believed. Following on from the fantastic duo of Royce and Hadrian in Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations novels, and Widdershins from Ari Marmell’s Thief’s Covenant, is another charismatic, affable duo you just got to love and root for: Egil Verren, the hammer-wielding only priest of the Momentary God Ebenor, and Nix Fall, thief extraordinaire. Together, these two made for one of the best reading experiences of this year.
Like I said in the bolded text up above, The Hammer and The Blade really evoked the old Dragonlance novels for me, particularly the original Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy and some of the Dragonlance Legends novels. Those happened to be one of the biggest influences on my reading in high school, alongside Raymond E. Feist’s Midkemian saga novels, and to this day I hold them as some of the best novels ever written. Rose-tinted glasses, some might call this dedication, but I feel it is entirely justified. Those novels were well-written and really took the reader on a journey across fantastic landscapes and with a rich, varied cast of characters. The Hammer and The Blade is smaller in scale than most of them but it is no less awesome because of that.
You can find the rest of my review at http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/05/...
“Swords & Sorcery at its best for a modern audience, The Hammer and The Blade echoes the magic of the old Dragonlance novels and takes the reader on a fast-paced adventure against sorcerors and demons through some of the most dangerous locations in the world.” ~The Founding Fields
Paul Kemp has been on my radar for a long time, ever since I found out that he had written a short story for Black Library in the Age of Legend anthology that was released earlier this year and which I reviewed here previously. I’ve also read his recent Star Wars novel, Deceived, and I quite enjoyed that one too. So when I dove into The Hammer and The Blade it was with a lot of enthusiasm and high expectations.
Verdict: The Hammer and The Blade is a truly fantastic novel that deserves to be out there with the best of the best and is a novel that I’d say is a recommended read for the Sword & Sorcery fantasy sub-genre.
Thieves seem to be a really popular set of characters in fantasy novels, far more than I ever believed. Following on from the fantastic duo of Royce and Hadrian in Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations novels, and Widdershins from Ari Marmell’s Thief’s Covenant, is another charismatic, affable duo you just got to love and root for: Egil Verren, the hammer-wielding only priest of the Momentary God Ebenor, and Nix Fall, thief extraordinaire. Together, these two made for one of the best reading experiences of this year.
Like I said in the bolded text up above, The Hammer and The Blade really evoked the old Dragonlance novels for me, particularly the original Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy and some of the Dragonlance Legends novels. Those happened to be one of the biggest influences on my reading in high school, alongside Raymond E. Feist’s Midkemian saga novels, and to this day I hold them as some of the best novels ever written. Rose-tinted glasses, some might call this dedication, but I feel it is entirely justified. Those novels were well-written and really took the reader on a journey across fantastic landscapes and with a rich, varied cast of characters. The Hammer and The Blade is smaller in scale than most of them but it is no less awesome because of that.
You can find the rest of my review at http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/05/...
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