The Malevolent Seven
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The Malevolent Seven
The Malevolent Seven
Seven wizards... and someone who wants to take them down. Brandon Sanderson meets Deadpool in this unforgettable, darkly funny, deeply irreverent fantasy from the bestselling author.
From the bestselling author of The Greatcoats: seven war mages with dark pasts must come together to fight an unknown enemy - but the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine . . . and someone's setting the seven up for a fall.
Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. The hat's a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing. Wouldn't want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object).
Yep. Behold the mighty wizard.
Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like . . . but be warned: you're probably not going to like it, because we're violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations.
My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title - until I discovered the people I worked for weren't quite as noble as I'd believed. Now I'm on the run and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent.
Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job . . .Readers love The Malevolent Seven!
'I absolutely loved this book. Immediately engaging characters and great world building - the story runs along at a breakneck pace and is gripping from start to finish' βββββ reader review
'Sassy and humorous . . . Sebastien makes characters that make you feel like you know them' βββββ reader review
'Really inventive and satisfying fun fantasy' βββββ reader review
'I honestly had so much fun reading this . . . easily one of my favourite reads of the year' βββββ reader review
'Well-written, intriguing, and highly entertaining!' βββββ reader review
'Never felt so good rooting for the bad guys' βββββ reader review
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529422795
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Arcadia Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 34.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 280g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realised how much he actually hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor and product strategist. His only defence against the charge of unbridled dilettantism is that he genuinely likes doing these things and that, in one way or another, each of these fields plays a role in his writing. He sternly resists the accusation of being a Renaissance Man in the hopes that more people will label him that way.
Sebastien's acclaimed swashbuckling fantasy series The Greatcoats was shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy, the Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut, the Prix Imaginales for Best Foreign Work and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His YA fantasy series Spellslinger was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and is published in more than a dozen languages.Sebastien lives in Vancouver, Canada with his lovely wife and two belligerent cats.Also by Sebastien de Castell
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