The Court Of Broken Knives
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Journal Entry 1 by WistfulDragon from Streatham, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, November 28, 2019
Hard to believe this is a first novel! A rich fantasy world with believable (if not always likeable) characters, wonderfully dark and realistic.
Arrived today , will try to get to it asap
Very dark fantasy novel , hard to follow at times , but some interesting characters
Very dark fantasy novel , hard to follow at times , but some interesting characters
Returned to poodle sister
Journal Entry 4 by 
Poodlesister
at Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, June 18, 2020
Poodlesister at Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, June 18, 2020
Thanks Minnesota84. I now have the full trilogy and will look for a good home for it.
Journal Entry 5 by Poodlesister at -- By Post or by Hand--, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Friday, June 26, 2020
Poodlesister at -- By Post or by Hand--, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Friday, June 26, 2020
Here we go Poodlesister this THE COURT OF BROKEN KNIVES the first of the Empires of Dust trilogy arrived safely last week. It’s two sister books completing the trilogy travelled along with it thank you, book II THE TOWER OF LIVING AND DYING and THE HOUSE OF SACRIFICE, book III. I’m finding I’m wading through this, it’s fairly this slow going for me, with its shed loads of descriptive narrative as Anna Smith-Sparks goes for EPIC big time.
Currently starting chapter sixteen, page 124, and feverishly hoping I am soon going to feel more invested in completing the trilogy. If I find it takes to near the end of book to get a better picture of the principal themes and the overall direction, I maybe just be cross-eyed with irritation as the page total is 468. On reflection the general themes and overall direction are maybe not so much of a mystery really possibly the mystery lies in why I am not totally gripped by this? It’s like an overall setting is presented like pondlife encased in ice and only a few key players skite across the surface like water-boat-men beetles apparently not interacting with each other.
Currently starting chapter sixteen, page 124, and feverishly hoping I am soon going to feel more invested in completing the trilogy. If I find it takes to near the end of book to get a better picture of the principal themes and the overall direction, I maybe just be cross-eyed with irritation as the page total is 468. On reflection the general themes and overall direction are maybe not so much of a mystery really possibly the mystery lies in why I am not totally gripped by this? It’s like an overall setting is presented like pondlife encased in ice and only a few key players skite across the surface like water-boat-men beetles apparently not interacting with each other.
Perfect for fans of Mark Lawrence and R Scott Bakker, The Court of Broken Knives is the explosive debut by one of grimdark fantasy's most exciting new voices.
Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel - Shortlisted for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award
It is the richest empire the world has ever known, and it is also doomed--but only one man can see it.
Haunted by prophetic dreams, Orhan has hired a company of soldiers to cross the desert to reach the capital city. Once they enter the palace, they have one mission: kill the emperor, then all those who remain. Only from the ashes can a new empire be built.
The company is a group of good, ordinary soldiers for whom this is a mission like any other. But the strange boy Marith who walks among them is no ordinary soldier. Though he is young, ambitious, and impossibly charming, something dark hides in Marith's past--and in his blood.
Dive into this new fantasy series for readers looking for epic battle scenes, gritty heroes, and blood-soaked revenge. (From: fantasticfiction.com)
THE COURT OF BROKEN KNIVES by ANNA SMITH SPARK (2017) | ISBN: 9780008204181 | Publisher: Harper Voyager
Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel - Shortlisted for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award
It is the richest empire the world has ever known, and it is also doomed--but only one man can see it.
Haunted by prophetic dreams, Orhan has hired a company of soldiers to cross the desert to reach the capital city. Once they enter the palace, they have one mission: kill the emperor, then all those who remain. Only from the ashes can a new empire be built.
The company is a group of good, ordinary soldiers for whom this is a mission like any other. But the strange boy Marith who walks among them is no ordinary soldier. Though he is young, ambitious, and impossibly charming, something dark hides in Marith's past--and in his blood.
Dive into this new fantasy series for readers looking for epic battle scenes, gritty heroes, and blood-soaked revenge. (From: fantasticfiction.com)
THE COURT OF BROKEN KNIVES by ANNA SMITH SPARK (2017) | ISBN: 9780008204181 | Publisher: Harper Voyager
