The Hammer and the Blade: An Egil & Nix Novel
A Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery book. Never underestimate my ability for stupidity. Paul S. Kemp, The Hammer and the Blade //
For readers of Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Scott Lynch comes the first book in a fantastic, hilarious new sword-and-sorcery series that puts a clever new twist on the golden age of epic fantasy.Robbing tombs for fun and profit might not be a stable career, but Egil and Nix aren’t in it for the long-term prospects. Egil is the hammer-wielding warrior-priest of a discredited god. Nix is a roguish thief with just enough knowledge of magic to conjure up trouble. Together, they seek riches and renown, yet often find themselves enlisted in lost causes—generally against their will.So why should their big score be any different? The trouble starts when Nix and Egil kill the demonic guardian of a long-lost crypt, nullifying an ancient pact made by the ancestors of an obscenely powerful wizard. Now the wizard will...
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- Pages: 352 pages
- ISBN: 9781101964958 / 0
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Never underestimate my ability for stupidity. Paul S. Kemp, The Hammer and the Blade //
It's got tomb-robbing, demon-slaying, an evil wizard, tavern brawls, everything you'd want in your sword & sorcery -- there are definite echoes of Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock and, I think, Gary Gygax. I'm not entirely sold on the ending -- there's a tonal shift about 75 or 80 percent of the way through the book that seemed kind of... This book hit all the right places for me. It's exactly what I was looking for at the moment: fast, fun, action packed and full of memorable characters. Egil and Nix might end rivaling Royce and Hadrian as favorite fantasy duo. Nix was great as a narrator, smart mouthed and take no shit kind of guy with a heart of gold. While his soft... A good read. Lots of adventure and who doesn't like a good sword fight.
