The Ten Thousand: The gritty sword-and-sandal epic by "one of the very best" (Steven Erikson), Edition 2
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'Heart-thumping, screaming, blood-spraying combat' - SFFWORLD
'Grit and realism and enough blood to drown a horse' - FANTASY BOOK REVIEW
'Reinforces Kearney's standing as a master of military fantasy' - FANTASY BOOK CRITIC
ISCA IS FALLEN; ANTIMONE DRAWS HER VEIL OVER THE DEAD.
Rictus, a young soldier of the city, is now ostrakr - homeless, devoid of purpose. He dons the red cloak of the mercenary and sets out to find a road for himself.
On the world of Kuf, the Macht are a mystery, a fierce, barbaric people whose discipline and prowess on the battlefield is the stuff of legend. If they did not war endlessly on themselves, they would conquer the world. Beyond their home in the remote Harukush Mountains, the teeming races and peoples of Kuf are united under the Great King of Asuria, who can call up whole nations to battle, and whose word is law.
But now the Great King's brother means to take the throne by force, and has sought out the Macht. Rictus - and ten thousand more mercenary warriors - will march into the heart of the Empire. They will become legends.
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Paul Kearney studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he read Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, and Middle English and was a keen member of the Mountaineering Society and the Officer Training Corps. He has published several titles including the Sea Beggars series to critical acclaim, being nominated for the British Fantasy Award. Kearney lived in Copenhagen, New Jersey, and Cambridgeshire, but at present he makes his home a stone's throw from the sea in County Down, with his wife, two dogs, a beat-up old boat, and far too many books.
