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The Serpent Knight Saga #4
Terminus Rex
Mystery. Mayhem. Monsters. Murder.
The Grey Waste stretches on vast and infinite, into the unforgiving reaches of the east. Clans of monstrous reavers prowl the wasteland, hunting, harrying, and slaughtering any they encounter. But reavers aren’t the worst the Grey Waste has to offer.
Sir Luther Slythe Krait is a knight errant on a quest. He's vowed to locate the lost scion of a fallen dynasty, and reunite him with his last remaining kin.
But the lost scion was last seen beyond the far reaches of the Grey Waste.
Can Sir Luther survive the trek across the wasteland? Will he survive the endless attacks by reavers and worse? How will he find this last scion when those around him begin falling one by one, victims to a murderer who may be more than he seems?
Read the fourth installment of the Serpent Knight Saga and find out.
Do it today.
The Grey Waste stretches on vast and infinite, into the unforgiving reaches of the east. Clans of monstrous reavers prowl the wasteland, hunting, harrying, and slaughtering any they encounter. But reavers aren’t the worst the Grey Waste has to offer.
Sir Luther Slythe Krait is a knight errant on a quest. He's vowed to locate the lost scion of a fallen dynasty, and reunite him with his last remaining kin.
But the lost scion was last seen beyond the far reaches of the Grey Waste.
Can Sir Luther survive the trek across the wasteland? Will he survive the endless attacks by reavers and worse? How will he find this last scion when those around him begin falling one by one, victims to a murderer who may be more than he seems?
Read the fourth installment of the Serpent Knight Saga and find out.
Do it today.
460 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 30, 2023
8 people are currently reading
39 people want to read
About the author
Kevin Wright
27 books66 followersKevin Wright studied writing at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell and fully utilized his bachelor’s degree by seeking and attaining employment first as a produce clerk and later as an emergency medical technician and firefighter. His parents are thrilled.
For decades now he has studied a variety of martial arts but steadfastly remains not-tough in any way shape or form. He just likes to pay money to get beat up, apparently.
Kevin Wright peaked intellectually in the seventh grade.
Kevin Wright wrote this bio, and this is how he actually refers to himself while speaking to people, in the third person like some steroid-addled NFL wide receiver.
He enjoys reading a little bit of everything and writing sci fi, fantasy, and horror. He does none of it well. Revelations, his debut novel, is his second venture into the realm of novel writing. His first was nigh-unreadable. Kevin continues to write in his spare time and is currently working on another full length novel.
For decades now he has studied a variety of martial arts but steadfastly remains not-tough in any way shape or form. He just likes to pay money to get beat up, apparently.
Kevin Wright peaked intellectually in the seventh grade.
Kevin Wright wrote this bio, and this is how he actually refers to himself while speaking to people, in the third person like some steroid-addled NFL wide receiver.
He enjoys reading a little bit of everything and writing sci fi, fantasy, and horror. He does none of it well. Revelations, his debut novel, is his second venture into the realm of novel writing. His first was nigh-unreadable. Kevin continues to write in his spare time and is currently working on another full length novel.
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March 11, 2024This is not a full review. I read through the beginning of all 300 SPFBO9 contest entries. This was a book I wanted to read more of.
A wagon train of supplies & rough characters arrive at a frozen encampment of a crusade in time to listen to the long line of local resistance being beheaded.
This gritty fantasy leads with voice (1st person pov) and dialogue, which are both irreverent and crude, and contribute to the hard and unforgiving setting. The narration.
The prose is punchy, effectively using short clauses and fragments to establish a brash voice. It and the dialogue gradually introduce us to the where and why if the story.
Our MC has a big business venture in the form of this wagon train. It’s bigger than he has any right to. His goal is clear and relatable: be successful in this. The promise of complication intrigues me.
The setting is historically based - how loosely I cannot quite say, but the dialogue has a more modern sensibility, and the effect of the piece reminds me of Joe Abercrombie’s work (which I haven’t actually read).
I am a little confused just how close to this enormous crusader’s camp our MC is. Any threat to the wagons seems minimal if they are as close as it seems? This is an issue of stakes, really.
The voice and atmosphere of this stands out to me. There are some technical details that ground the story well. I’m interested to see how the story will develop. I’m in.
A wagon train of supplies & rough characters arrive at a frozen encampment of a crusade in time to listen to the long line of local resistance being beheaded.
This gritty fantasy leads with voice (1st person pov) and dialogue, which are both irreverent and crude, and contribute to the hard and unforgiving setting. The narration.
The prose is punchy, effectively using short clauses and fragments to establish a brash voice. It and the dialogue gradually introduce us to the where and why if the story.
Our MC has a big business venture in the form of this wagon train. It’s bigger than he has any right to. His goal is clear and relatable: be successful in this. The promise of complication intrigues me.
The setting is historically based - how loosely I cannot quite say, but the dialogue has a more modern sensibility, and the effect of the piece reminds me of Joe Abercrombie’s work (which I haven’t actually read).
I am a little confused just how close to this enormous crusader’s camp our MC is. Any threat to the wagons seems minimal if they are as close as it seems? This is an issue of stakes, really.
The voice and atmosphere of this stands out to me. There are some technical details that ground the story well. I’m interested to see how the story will develop. I’m in.
April 4, 2023
In the fourth installment of the Serpent Knight Saga, we follow our cynical, disreputable protagonist Sir Luther Slythe Krait and his barbarian companion Karl into the cold grey wastelands. Searching for a man to fulfill his promise to a dying friend, his quest has led him to travel with the Teutonic Knights in one of their Crusades against the pagan tribes of Eastern Europe.
But harsh, unforgiving terrain, bitter cold and fierce enemies are hardly the greatest threat our heroes will face. Black magic, murder and treachery are loose n the camp of the Teutonics, as well as Luther's old nemesis, bureaucracy.
Oh. And throw in some giants for added flavor.
Once again Kevin Wright has given us a tense, suspenseful mystery against the backdrop of a bleak an violent medieval setting. Grimdark meets historical fantasy meets Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammet. If Sam Spade traded his fedora and pistol for chainmail and a longsword, he'd bear a close resemblance to Sir Luther as a bettered, tarnished hero who still carries a spark of a conscience.
Grim, bloody and unforgiving, don't miss this seamless blending of dark fantasy and detective noir
But harsh, unforgiving terrain, bitter cold and fierce enemies are hardly the greatest threat our heroes will face. Black magic, murder and treachery are loose n the camp of the Teutonics, as well as Luther's old nemesis, bureaucracy.
Oh. And throw in some giants for added flavor.
Once again Kevin Wright has given us a tense, suspenseful mystery against the backdrop of a bleak an violent medieval setting. Grimdark meets historical fantasy meets Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammet. If Sam Spade traded his fedora and pistol for chainmail and a longsword, he'd bear a close resemblance to Sir Luther as a bettered, tarnished hero who still carries a spark of a conscience.
Grim, bloody and unforgiving, don't miss this seamless blending of dark fantasy and detective noir
April 11, 2023
My favorite of the Serpent Knight Saga books to date, it further embraces the supernatural and fantastical elements of the series, while offering plenty of action, murder-mystery, and the grim humor the scrappy and suitably flawed Sir Luther Slythe Krait is known for. Plus, you really can't beat the set pieces here, like the reaver-strewn Grey Wastes or the frigid Lake Golgotha, or the Teutonic Knights' traveling camp, and Wright stirs up some of his best prose to date. I appreciated the callbacks to Lords of Asylum, the first book (and my previous fave) in the series, and Terminus Rex sets up even more exciting potential to come!
March 30, 2023
I stepped into this one without having read anything else in this series, which isn't at all uncommon for me. I wanted to read it because the blurb promised excellent world building and a murder mystery. The book paid off on both counts and I've already got the first book on my Kindle ready to see where this world started. The dangers from the reavers and others in the Grey Waste (a perfect name) were genuinely creepy and the mystery and atmosphere kept me on the edge of my seat. Really enjoyed this one.
March 19, 2023
I think I wrote it, and so I am biased. As always. Good day!
February 18, 2024
Bloody Brilliant
February 18, 2024
Another fantastic entry into this criminally underrated series.
I thought the mystery aspects of this one were a little bit weaker than the others, but the atmosphere definitely made up for it. Super excited for the next one after that cliffhanger ending.
I thought the mystery aspects of this one were a little bit weaker than the others, but the atmosphere definitely made up for it. Super excited for the next one after that cliffhanger ending.
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