Mark Lawrence. Ace, $25.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-441-02032-4
This morbidly gripping, gritty fantasy tale is not for the squeamish. Prince Jorg was 10 years old when Count Renar's soldiers hung him on a hook-briar while his mother and brother were murdered. Vicious and desperate for revenge, he joined a bandit
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $26.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-425-26878-0
A not-so-heroic prince is trapped in a deadly mission that could decide the fate of the kingdom in this trilogy opener set in Lawrence’s alt-European Broken Empire world. Prince Jalan Kendeth, 10th in line for the throne and a self-described coward,
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $27 (432p) ISBN 978-0-425-26882-7
Lawrence brings the Red Queen's War trilogy (after Prince of Fools and The Liar's Key) to a triumphant conclusion with plenty of action, horror, and humor. Prince Jalan Kendeth of Red March has been to Hel and back thanks to the war between the Red...
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $27 (480p) ISBN 978-1-101988-85-5
Lawrence (the Broken Empire trilogy) grips readers from the opening sentence—“It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size”—of this successful fantasy series launch. The prologue setting up a battle...
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $27 (432p) ISBN 978-1-101-98888-6
In offering sometimes small insights into his characters’ inner lives, Lawrence elevates the second volume of his Ancestor epic fantasy series (after Red Sister) above similar books featuring a young woman who is separated from her family and taught
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $27 (368p) ISBN 978-1-101-98891-6
Lawrence disappoints with this pallid conclusion of his epic fantasy trilogy (after 2018’s Grey Sister); uneven prose and stock characters, including a spiritual leader given to convoluted pronouncements (“There might not be a meaning to the world,...
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $27 (416p) ISBN 978-1-984806-05-5
Lawrence continues to combine stunningly original worldbuilding and multifaceted characters in his third Book of Ice fantasy (after The Girl and the Mountain). The “ice-bound” world of Abeth has only a small habitable zone, the Corridor, at its...
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $29 (576p) ISBN 978-0-593-43791-9
Lawrence (the Broken Empire trilogy) draws readers into a vast subterranean library in this thrilling romantic fantasy and Library Trilogy series launch. After monstrous sabbers attack Livira Page’s village in the backwater known as the Dust, she...
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Mark Lawrence. Ace, $29 (384p) ISBN 978-0-593-43794-0
After the shocking ending to The Book That Wouldn’t Burn, Lawrence has a lot to answer for—and he doesn’t disappoint; there’s no trace of sophomore slump in this fast-paced sequel. The kaleidoscopic story of the vast and perilous athenaeum library...
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Edited by Shawn Speakman. Grim Oak, $30 (768p) ISBN 978-1-944145-23-1
This powerhouse addition to the Unfettered series continues the tradition of donating proceeds to authors struggling with medical bills and boasts an incredible lineup of stories by pillars of the fantasy genre, many of whom contributed works set in
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