Now Black Herron has to save her home from a ruthless army, of religious fanatics and she is going to need her old generals back at her side.
The Necromancer
The War God
The Pirate Queen
The Vampire Lord
The Orc Chieftain
The Mad Alchemist
They may be able to stop an army. If they don't kill her first.
I was sold as soon as I saw the title and who wouldn't be?
It is an intriguing take on the old Magnificent Seven idea - seven heroes come to save a defenceless village - although as you can gather, "Heroes" is really not the right word. I'm not even sure if you could call them anti-heroes because Black Herron and her crew are a brutal lot. Definitely a case of fighting evil with evil.
Having said all that, this was an entertaining read that manages to get the entire thing told in one decent-sized book, with space for memorable, developed characters, bloody fighting and some very, very dark humour.
Not for the squeamish or people who like a clear division between "Good guys" and "Bad guys" but definitely worth checking out.
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