Meet investigator Lucan Drakenfeld in the first title of the urban fantasy series by Mark Charan Newton.
Mark Charan Newton was born in 1981, and holds a degree in
Environmental Science. After working in bookselling, he moved into
editorial positions at imprints covering science fiction and
fantasy. He has written for a variety of non-fiction publications
including the Ecologist and the Huffington Post, and has spoken
about science fiction on BBC Radio 4. He is also the author of the
Legend of the Red series. He currently lives and works in
Nottingham. You can find him online at markcnewton.com or
facebook.com/markcnewton
A fast-paced fantasy thriller which should appeal to readers of CJ
Sansom.
*Independent on Sunday*
A richly written, always engaging work, with well-developed
characters and a nice mystery to get stuck into
*SciFiNow*
Drakenfeld is an interesting blend of Historical Fantasy and Crime
Fiction, set in a beautifully imagined world that seems to have
been inspired by Ancient Rome . . . a novel that became more and
more interesting as the depths of its groundwork became clear
*The Book Smugglers*
Charan Newton's new novel Drakenfeld shares more with the
historical fiction and detective fiction novels than it does with
traditional epic fantasy, but there's just enough to his world that
will make this feel just at home with most epic fantasy readers.
The result is a deliberate, interesting novel that grows in scale
from beginning to end
*io9.com*
Not every story has to have its own completely unique and original
world. Sometimes taking inspiration from a past era works out
better than creating a new world, and Mark Charan Newton proves
that he can do both
*Fantasy Literature*
This is a grounded and realistic example of secondary
world-building that works well as an intelligent locked-room
mystery and also gives us a cerebral, multi-layered protagonist . .
. a world that’s challenging and provocative without falling into
grimdark cliches.
*SFX*
Richly written and always engaging work.
*SciFi Now*
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