Waiting on Wednesday 10/22/14
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on!
Mogsy’s Pick:
Black Heart by Mark Smylie: August 5, 2015 (Pyr)
You’re probably thinking August 2015 sounds so far away right now, aren’t you? And I say DAMN RIGHT it does, especially when I want to read this book so badly my heart actually skipped a beat when I saw the cover and a description. It’s the follow up to the dark, brutal and explicit adventure-fantasy The Barrow which totally rocked my world earlier this year.
“The last survivors of the raid on the Barrow of Azharad have scattered to the four winds, each walking a separate path. For some, it is the path of noble service, as the households of great kings and warlords beckon, offering a chance to enter the fray of politics with the fate of nations on the line. For others, it is the path of secrets and magic, as the veil of the world parts to reveal the hidden truths that dwell in shadow and spirit.
And for Stjepan Black-Heart, royal cartographer and suspected murderer, it is the path of battle and sacrifice, as he is summoned to attend the household of the Grand Duke Owen Lis Red, the Earl Marshal to the High King of the Middle Kingdoms, on his latest campaign to find and kill Porloss, the Rebel Earl: an elusive quarry lurking behind an army of ruthless renegade knights in the wild hills of the Manon Mole, a land where every step could be your last, and where lie secrets best left undisturbed.”
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Um. Yes please? When this one comes around there WILL be a race. I may actually do that whole re-read the first book of the series thing that people love to do. And I have not done that since I started blogging.
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LOL race away, I know I’ll probably never have a chance 🙂
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Oh a fantasy one. I don’t think I know about this one.
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I hope you get it soon 🙂
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OOh nice! Totally new to me but sounds interesting! Great pick!
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Ugggg! I have The Barrow and I still need to read it! Now I have some motivation since I didn’t realize this was going to be a series. Thanks for the heads up (and the reminder!)
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The first book can definitely be read as a standalone, it honestly didn’t need a sequel, but I was quite excited to see that it would be a series nonetheless 🙂 Loved The Barrow.
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Awesome! I had such a great time with the first book, I was really hoping there’d be a sequel on the horizon soon.
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Me too! When I finished, I immediately asked the publicist if this was going to be a series, and she told me there was a second book in the works.
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Oh my gods, I swear you always manage to feature books that I’ve NEVER heard of, but sound AMAZING! How do you do it?! It’s gotta be like, your superpower or something O.O I’ll have to add the first one to my ever-expanding tbr shelf! Thanks for putting it on my radar too 😀 Glad you enjoyed the first one and I hope this one is even better! But man these 2015 releases are painful aren’t they?! Gah!
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Ooooooh, you’ve just added 2 books to my TBR pile! I hadn’t heard of The Barrow, but now I feel I must go and check it out. Though, since August is so far away, perhaps I’ll get a few other reads out of my way first, lol! That way it doesn’t seem so long of a wait for book 2 once I finish book 1. Cool pick!
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I still need to read the first one. It’s on my Backlist Burndown list. Which is long. Terribly long.
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I thought the Barrow was a stand alone? I guess not. I’m not usually one for dungeons and dragons style novels, so I didn’t have the Barrow on my list. I’ll have to read your review since you enjoyed it so much. 🙂
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