THE STEEL REMAINS PB – RICHARD MORGAN

Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap is a legend to all who don t know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteran of the wars against the lizards he makes a living from telling credulous travellers of his exploits. Until one day he is pulled away from his life and into the depths of the Empire s slave trade. Where he will discover a secret infinitely more frightening than the trade in lives. Archeth – pragmatist, cynic and engineer, the last of her race – is called from her work at the whim of the most powerful man in the Empire and sent to its farthest reaches to investigate a demonic incursion against the Empire s borders. Egar Dragonbane, steppe-nomad, one-time fighter for the Empire finds himself entangled in a small-town battle between common sense and religious fervour. But out in the wider world there is something on the move far more alien than any of his tribe s petty gods. Anti-social, anti-heroic, and decidedly irritated, all three of them are about to be sent unwillingly forth into a vicious, vigorous and thoroughly unsuspecting fantasy world. Called upon by an Empire that owes them everything and gave them nothing. Richard Morgan brings his trademark visceral writing style, turbo-driven plotting and thought provoking characterisation to the fantasy genre and produces a landmark work with his first foray. ****** Praise for The Steel Remains A brilliant book! This has to be one of the best books I ve read this. A raw, gritty fantasy that pulls no punches. Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ? Well, wow. A gay aristocratic war hero fallen into rough living, a bisexual knife-wielding black woman from a race of near-immortal engineers, and a hard-hitting, tough-talking, dragon-slaying warleader from the steppes who is immensely loyal to them both. Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ? Fantastic book! I love Morgan s twisted world and his complicated characters. A gritty, shocking, refreshing, dark epic fantasy. I can t wait t