A Discourse in Steel: An Egil & Nix Novel

By Paul S. Kemp

Book Overview

For fans of Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Scott Lynch comes a fast-paced, hilarious new sword-and-sorcery series featuring two wise-cracking protagonists straight out of the golden age of epic fantasy. Once the most daring--some would say reckless--grave robbers around, Egil and Nix are now retired, having opened their own tavern with a side business as a brothel. The warrior-priest and the dashing rogue are done with adventuring. But is adventuring done with them? When two beautiful sisters run afoul of the notorious Thieves' Guild, the semi-respectable entrepreneurs are called upon to defend their honor. And if they find an opportunity to enrich themselves along the way, no one could blame them. Soon they're going toe-to-toe and hammer-to-skull with some of the deadliest cutthroats in town. There's just one catch: The quest to settle this vendetta once and for all leads straight into the Blackalley, a ghostly byway that appears at random to suck unsuspecting passersby into its voracious maw. Only a fool or a madman would enter willingly. Luckily for Egil and Nix, they might just be both. Praise for the Egil and Nix novels " Paul S.] Kemp delivers sword and sorcery at its rollicking best, after the fashion of Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser." -- Library Journal "Egil and Nix might not be the safest guys to go adventuring with, but they're sure good company." --Ed Greenwood, bestselling creator of Forgotten Realms "Did I mention how much fun Egil and Nix are? So. Much. Damn. Fun." -- Tordotcom

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101964960
• ISBN13: 9781101964965
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.8"