A Sword of Bronze and Ashes

Readers of Shauna Lawless and Thilde Kold Holdt will love this Celtic-inflected adventure by critically acclaimed, grimdark epic fantasy novelist, Anna Smith Spark.

A Sword of Bronze and Ashes combines the fierce beauty of Celtic myth with grimdark battle violence. It's a lyrical, folk horror high fantasy.

Kanda has a good life until shadows from her past return threatening everything she loves. And Kanda, like any parent, has things in her past she does not want her children to know. Red war is coming: pursued by an ancient evil, Kanda must call upon all her strength to protect her family. But how can she keep her children safe, if they want to stand as warriors beside her when the light fades and darkness rises?

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Author: Anna Smith Spark
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Flame Tree Press
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781787588394

About the Author
Anna Smith Spark is a critically acclaimed, multi-award short-listed grimdark epic fantasy novelist. She writes lyrical prose-poetry about war, love, landscapes, and war. Her writing has been described as 'a masterwork' by Nightmarish Conjurings, 'an experience like no other series in fantasy' by Grimdark Magazine, 'literary Game of Thrones' by the Sunday Times, and 'howls like early Moorcock, converses like the best of Le Guin' by the Daily Mail. Her favourite authors are Mary Renault, R Scott Bakker and M. John Harrison