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Redoubt
After a short and bloody war on foreign soil, the Expeditionary Army of Ashkent is preparing to return home. Captain Jon Forge and his company, however, are assigned one more task - to oversee a workforce of enslaved Bantusai tribesmen as they replace a long lost bridge across the River Rooke, in the mountainous northern borders. With construction already underway, a band of fleeing trappers brings news of a fast approaching barbarian horde and Forge quickly realises his de facto commander, the devious Duke Burns, has send him and his men to their deaths. Despite the overwhelming odds them, Forge decides to stay and fight, buying time for the Ashkent Army to prepare for the coming invasion. With the help of a motley crew that includes the enigmatic Bantusai, the wily trappers and a lacklustre bureaucrat-cum-wizard named Portal, Forge and his men hastily set about rebuilding a dilapidated fort that stood guard over the river. Their doom, it seems, is inescapable: their redoubt - a patched-up tower house - will surely be their tomb...
Redoubt is a hard-nosed fantasy in the tradition of Joe Abercrombie and Glen Cook's Black Company
series.
Praise for Redoubt:
Redoubt is a cracking fantasy adventure featuring a strong plot and well-realised characters and locations. The pieces fit together like dovetail-joints and the plain-speaking narrative fits the story perfectly. Recommended. Fantasy Book Review
Redoubt is a hard-nosed fantasy in the tradition of Joe Abercrombie and Glen Cook's Black Company
series.
Praise for Redoubt:
Redoubt is a cracking fantasy adventure featuring a strong plot and well-realised characters and locations. The pieces fit together like dovetail-joints and the plain-speaking narrative fits the story perfectly. Recommended. Fantasy Book Review
232 pages, Paperback
First published November 27, 2008
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About the author
Alex Janaway
9 books7 followersI’m 42 and starting to panic.
After graduating from the University of Kent with a degree in English and American Literature and Film Studies, I went to work for a movie stills archive called Kobal – great people! But I realised I needed more, so decided to join the Army and see the world.
After ten awesome years of military tourism in the Royal Engineers and ETS, I left in 2006, married the woman of my dreams and settled down in Saffron Walden. I also started work for Jagex – a phenomenally successful internet games company.
My first novel Redoubt, was published in 2008, six years in the writing and conceived in a portacabin on Sennelager Training Area, I finished the first draft whilst in British Headquarters during Gulf War 2. I went freelance at the end of 2011 and have worked on a number of computer games including Merlin: The Game for Bossa Studios. I provide articles and reviews for Fantasybookreview.co.uk and SFcrowsnest.org as well as book and movie reviews for Soldier magazine.
My passions are Star Wars, Games Workshop, cricket and wildlife – all that grizzly bears really need is a good cuddle!.
After graduating from the University of Kent with a degree in English and American Literature and Film Studies, I went to work for a movie stills archive called Kobal – great people! But I realised I needed more, so decided to join the Army and see the world.
After ten awesome years of military tourism in the Royal Engineers and ETS, I left in 2006, married the woman of my dreams and settled down in Saffron Walden. I also started work for Jagex – a phenomenally successful internet games company.
My first novel Redoubt, was published in 2008, six years in the writing and conceived in a portacabin on Sennelager Training Area, I finished the first draft whilst in British Headquarters during Gulf War 2. I went freelance at the end of 2011 and have worked on a number of computer games including Merlin: The Game for Bossa Studios. I provide articles and reviews for Fantasybookreview.co.uk and SFcrowsnest.org as well as book and movie reviews for Soldier magazine.
My passions are Star Wars, Games Workshop, cricket and wildlife – all that grizzly bears really need is a good cuddle!.
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November 14, 2015
Excellent writing by Alex concerning soldiers teamwork and interaction. Although I did find it a little modern as far as the descriptions of the ranking of soldiers and how they talked But having said that, it was very good concerning its interaction with people and the way they worked together to form a fighting unit. A brilliant read and one not to be missed.
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