A Crown for Cold Silver: Book One of the Crimson Empire - Softcover

This lusty debut will have you gasping in one breath and laughing in the next with its cast of multicultural characters, gender-bending soldiers, same-sex coupled kings and warrior women of all ages who throw themselves into the fray. By the latter half of the novel, you realize Marshall is playing a long, glorious game

'IT WAS ALL GOING SO NICELY, RIGHT UP UNTIL THE MASSACRE.'

Twenty years ago, feared general Cobalt Zosia led her mercenary army and five villainous captains into battle, wrestling monsters and toppling an empire. When there were no more titles to win and no more worlds to conquer, she faked her death and gave up her legend to history.
Now the peace she carved for herself has been shattered by the unprovoked slaughter of her village. Seeking bloody vengeance, Zosia heads for battle once more, but to find justice she must confront grudge-bearing enemies, once-loyal allies and an unknown army that marches under a familiar banner.

Wildly exuberant and epic in every sense, A Crown for Cold Silver is an exquisitely twisted tale of revenge that turns epic fantasy on its head.

'Alternately irreverent and brutal, with a cast of wonderfully scarred and nasty people. Any fans of Steven Erikson, Mark Lawrence, or Joe Abercrombie will love A Crown for Cold Silver'
Django Wexler

'Brimming with imagination and invention . . . Fabulous!'
John Gwynne

'Instantly believable. Zosia and her Five Villains are as fun as they are twisted.'
David Dalglish