It might be 2016 instead of 2017, but the same old routine continues.  And so I quickly slip into my business suit and head back into the office to save a few innocent people. But while I try to fool myself into being excited about the promise of a new year and the continuation of the regular grind, deep down, I’m not, so I’m going to escape dreary reality by reading some great books.

This year I’ve challenged myself to finish the series I’ve started in the past but never completed.  (Well, at least, the ones I’ve enjoyed.)  And since things are going so well on this journey, I’m going to continue on with another series I can’t wait to finish.

The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

Genre: Fantasy – Flintlock

Series: Powder Mage #2

Publisher: Orbit (May 16, 2014)

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Length:  608 pages

 

GUNPOWDER AND BULLETS WILL DETERMINE THE VICTOR.

When invasion looms… Tamas’s invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and no hope of reinforcements. Drastically outnumbered and pursued by the enemy’s best, he must lead his men on a reckless march through northern Kez to safety, and back over the mountains so that he can defend his country from an angry god, Kresimir.

But the threats are closer to home…
In Adro, Inspector Adamat wants only to rescue his wife. To do so he must track down and confront the evil Lord Vetas. He has questions for Vetas concerning his enigmatic master, but the answers will lead Adamat on a darker journey.

Who will lead the charge?
Tamas’s generals bicker among themselves, the brigades lose ground every day beneath the Kez onslaught, and Kresimir wants the head of the man who shot him in the eye. With Tamas and his powder cabal presumed dead, Taniel Two-shot finds himself as the last line of defense against Kresimir’s advancing army.

THE CRIMSON CAMPAIGN continues the most acclaimed and action-packed new epic fantasy series in years, following on from Promise of Blood– an adrenaline-fueled debut of flintlock mages, civil war, and cold-blooded murder in a world where gods walk the earth.

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