RJ Barker for 'Warlords of Wyrdwood'

Name: RJ Barker for 'Warlords of Wyrdwood'
Start: 2024-11-27T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-27T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

Schedule

Wed Nov 27 2024 at 08:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC

Join us for an exciting evening with RJ Barker, the British Fantasy Society Award-winning author of The Bone Ships and Age of Assassins. Barker will be discussing Warlords of Wyrdwood, the gripping second installment in his new Forsaken trilogy. Set in a forest filled with dark folklore, this tale of outlaws, an evil empire, and warring deities is not to be missed!
Warlords of Wyrdwood
The Forester known as Cahan led the village of Harn in rebellion against the all-powerful, oppressive forces of the Rai. A great victory was won, but to avoid retaliation, he must now lead the people of Harn into the forest.
Cahan never wanted this responsibility, but fate and his gods have conspired against him. Without him, the people will be helpless against the great beasts and poisonous traps of the forest - not to mention worse things that dwell there. A corruption grows in the fungi and decay of the Wyrdwood, a magic unlike any Cahan has ever seen - can he resist its deadly pull, while avoiding his pursuers, and trying to turn his charges into true people of the Wyrdwood?
About RJ Barker
RJ Barker lives in Leeds with his wife, son and 'a collection of questionable taxidermy'. He grew up reading whatever he could get his hands on, and having played in a rock band before deciding he was a rubbish musician, RJ returned to his first love, fiction, to find he is rather better at that. As well as his debut epic fantasy series, the Wounded Kingdom trilogy (Age of Assassins, Blood of Assassins and King of Assassins) RJ has written short stories and historical scripts which have been performed across the country. He has the sort of flowing locks any cavalier would be proud of. RJ's novel The Bone Ships is the winner of the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel, aka the Robert Holdstock Award.