My Review:
Overkill is a good title for this fantasy story. It has violence and over-the-top action centered around a grizzled 750 year old warrior with unbeatable dragon armor. I liked the world Shrewsbury created. This is an action packed fantasy story with intrigue, heroes and villains, and enough battles to keep a reader happy.
Book Blurb:
Deliverance will come… A great flood once wiped clean the earth, destroying everything upon it. Before the deluge, in a time now forgotten, the world was a place of warriors and witches, conflicts between kingdoms, and, until their extermination, dragons. In this world, men may live centuries, fallen angels have begotten terrifying spawn, and sometimes, the best hope can be found in a brothel.
In the land of Transalpina, a new religion spreads, and important men are dying mysteriously, slain by what can only be the fire of dragon breath. Summoned by the Queen Garnet, the legendary warrior Gorias La Gaul returns to the place where he once saved the queen’s young granddaughter from treachery and enslavement. The Princess Nykia is gone, and soon others may try to claim the throne. The queen has little choice but to turn to the only man who ever told her no.
With the aid of one of the queen’s elite guard, the battle maiden Alena, and the young palace servant Orsen, the old mercenary will face pirates and traitors, monsters and foul magic in the quest to find the missing heir and learn the truth behind the disconcerting murders. Deliverance will come for Gorias La Gaul, but for now there are women to love, secrets to discover, and killing that needs doing.
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Fantasy-warrior stories are really one of my favorites. This looks like another book to read over the weekend.
You’ll have a fun weekend reading it.
Thank you for reviewing Steven’s novel! Should be a new Gorias novel out this coming summer!
Oh wow!