Flintlock Fantasy

Book 1 in The Powder Mage Trilogy

It would appear that I have stumbled upon a somewhat new sub-genre of fantasy called Flintlock Fantasy. I did a generic “define: flintlock fantasy” search on Google, which didn’t yield many results. A good example I found was The Powder Mage Trilogy by Brian Mclellan. Check it out on Facebook, I think it’s going to be brilliant.

So what is Flintlock Fantasy? Well, since I couldn’t find an accurate description (how does one define any genre, really?) the best I...