The Black Hawks

Name: The Black Hawks
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Author: David Wragg
ISBN: 9780008331436

Author: David Wragg

Series: Articles of Faith #1

Narrator: Colin Mace

Unabridged: 12 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/03/2019

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Humorous Fiction

Synopsis

Dark, thrilling, and hilarious, is an epic adventure perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie and Scott Lynch. Life as a knight is not what Vedren Chel imagined. Bound by oath to a dead-end job in the service of a lazy step-uncle, Chel no longer dreams of glory – he dreams of going home. When invaders throw the kingdom into turmoil, Chel finds opportunity in the chaos: if he escorts a stranded prince to safety, Chel will be released from his oath. All he has to do is drag the brat from one side of the country to the other, through war and wilderness, chased all the way by ruthless assassins. With killers on your trail, you need killers watching your back. You need the Black Hawk Company – mercenaries, fighters without equal, a squabbling, scrapping pack of rogues. Prepare to join the Black Hawks.

About David Wragg

David Wragg has published several highly praised books on railway history, and he produced a textbook for the old Chartered Institute of Transport. He has also written on railways for the Sunday Telegraph, the Spectator, the Scotsman, and the Yorkshire Post. His Wartime on the Railways was reviewed by Rail as "very readable" and by Railways Illustrated as "a fascinating insight and also an important record," and Railways Illustrated chose his Southern Railway Handbook as "Book of the Month." He is also well known as a writer of military history and provided the British, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand material for the award-winning On Seas Contested: The Seven Great Navies of the Second World War, edited by Vincent P. O'Hara, W. David Dickson, and Richard Worth.

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Quotes

‘Reminds me of Abercrombie’s THE BLADE ITSELF’ ‘Refreshing and entertaining, like a cross between Nicholas Eames and Joe Abercrombie; THE BLACK HAWKS is simply a joy to read’ ‘Wragg captures the classic fantasy spirit of adventure and exploration, wraps it with stabbed backs and cannibals and gifts it to you on a bed of action’ ‘Everyone loves a good mercenary tale, but THE BLACK HAWKS offers more besides: a protagonist who's refreshingly rubbish at fighting, a supporting cast who'd be fascinating if they were just standing around in a supermarket, and an author who knows when to dodge cliches, and when to jump in and splash like a kid in a puddle’ ‘Check out THE BLACK HAWKS – it’s full of fun characters, mercenary antics, twists, turns, and contains my favourite fantasy lemon’ ‘A remarkably assured debut…I can’t wait to see what happens next’