Book description
For fans of Joe Abercrombie, Robert E. Howard and Scott Lynch comes a diverse and action-packed tale of a warrior out for revenge, from a bold new voice in the fantasy genre. Readers will fall in love with the Red Sonja-like Zosia and her Five Villains. Kameron Hurley says 'an…
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1 author picked A Crown for Cold Silver as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
There is not a thing about this book that I don’t love.
Marshall (a pseudonym for Jesse Bullington) tells the story of Zosia – Cold Cobalt, The Banshee with a Blade, First Villain – who is just a few steps past her prime. Twenty-some years have passed since she led her notorious band of generals – The Five Villains – in a war that put her on the throne. A throne she walked away from.
She was done with it all until fate and mistake shattered her retirement, drawing her back into the world and war. Marshall does some really…
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