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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
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
253 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 19, 2008
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July 5, 2014
Shamelessly reusing my Amazon review:
A thoroughly enjoyable read. The language and dialogue is believable and a great deal more realistic than a lot of contemporary fantasy novels, which tend to be overly 'nice', the storyline is engaging and I honestly didn't want to put it down.
Redoubt is exactly what you would expect of a good fantasy novel, it touches on the variety of races which, hopefully, we'll see more of in later books, it has magic, warfare, well developed characters and plenty of scope for sequels. If you are a fan of David Gemmell, or just fantasy in general, I definitely recommend it and if you are looking for a new Author whose writing is engaging, enjoyable and easy to read I heartily recommend Alexander Janaway.
(When you've finished this one, I heartily recommend "The Coming of Night" too)
A thoroughly enjoyable read. The language and dialogue is believable and a great deal more realistic than a lot of contemporary fantasy novels, which tend to be overly 'nice', the storyline is engaging and I honestly didn't want to put it down.
Redoubt is exactly what you would expect of a good fantasy novel, it touches on the variety of races which, hopefully, we'll see more of in later books, it has magic, warfare, well developed characters and plenty of scope for sequels. If you are a fan of David Gemmell, or just fantasy in general, I definitely recommend it and if you are looking for a new Author whose writing is engaging, enjoyable and easy to read I heartily recommend Alexander Janaway.
(When you've finished this one, I heartily recommend "The Coming of Night" too)
June 16, 2015
Well good and bad points with this book. The good....fast paced well described action, a real sense of the few standing against the many, the author has really nailed the camaraderie of a strong close unit (you can tell he serves) got a Black Company/Bridgeburners vibe about them. As for the bad, felt rushed in places and terrible editing...would be interested in knowing if that is just an issue on E-Readers or not.
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