Drakenfeld
Age 16 +
10 October 2013
Imprint: Tor
Synopsis
Inspired by the classical world of Ancient Rome and authors such as C J Sansom, Drakenfeld marks the start of the thrilling fantasy crime series by Mark Charan Newton.
They'll kill to hide the truth. He'll kill to find it.
The monarchies of the Royal Vispasian Union have been bound together for two hundred years by laws maintained and enforced by the...
Details
10 October 2013
400 pages
9780230771413
Imprint: Tor
Reviews
A fast-paced fantasy thriller which should appeal to readers of CJ Sansom.Independent on Sunday
A richly written, always engaging work, with well-developed characters and a nice mystery to get stuck intoSciFiNow
Drakenfeld is an interesting blend of Historical Fantasy and Crime Fiction, set in a beautifully imagined world that seems to have been inspired by Ancient Rome . . . a novel that became more and more interesting as the depths of its groundwork became clearThe Book Smugglers
Charan Newton's new novel Drakenfeld shares more with the historical fiction and detective fiction novels than it does with traditional epic fantasy, but there's just enough to his world that will make this feel just at home with most epic fantasy readers. The result is a deliberate, interesting novel that grows in scale from beginning to endio9.com