''ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL FANTASY SAGAS TO COME ALONG IN YEARS'' Kirkus
The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy, which began with Jonathan French''s critically acclaimed debut The Grey Bastards.
War has come to the Lot Lands - and Oats stands upon the frontline. The formidable armies on the horizon are bolstered by divine champions, dread sorcerers and gunpowder. But Oats has won impossible fights before. He''s a thriceblood, after all, more orc than man. And he hasn''t forgotten how to kill. He''ll stack the bodies high for his chief and his brethren, if that''s the price of freeing the Lots from human tyranny.
Besides, the invading forces are getting a damned sight more than they bargained for. They''re not facing a handful of half-orc hoofs, but a true army - one forged from all the peoples of the Lots. At its head are Fetching, in full command of the ruinous power that runs through her ve
