Most of all, she’d sacrifice her morals, her sense of identity, her body, her whiskey, and any chance of happiness or love to see the death of her betrayers. This includes her enemies, her allies, local bars, and entire towns. To put it bluntly, she’ll sacrifice whatever or whomever it takes to see her revenge fulfilled. Sal the Cacophony has a list of people who have betrayed her, and she’ll do whatever it takes to see each name on that list crossed out. Sam Sykes latest novel is a classic revenge tale.

Lastly, the plot never feels as if it slows down to make room for character moments or explanations about the setting. Likewise, character development never gets lost in the shuffle for big plot points or exposition. The characters and plot are never lost to the world-building, as sometimes can be seen in fantasy novels. Seven Blades in Black fills the Venn diagram of a well-crafted plot, world-building, and character development to form a stellar novel that was difficult to put down. While his world building and the plot has never been shabby, where Sykes shined in his earlier series was his characters. He currently resides in the United States and is probably watching you read this right now.Seven Blades in Black is easily the best work by Sam Sykes yet, which is saying something considering his previous series, Aeons’ Gate and Bring Down Heaven. Tome Of The Undergates is his first book, published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Holland, and Canada. Suspected by many to be at least tangentially related to most causes of human suffering, Sam Sykes is also a force to be reckoned with beyond literature.Īt 25, Sykes is one of the younger authors to have arrived on the stage of literary fantasy. Sam Sykes is the author of Tome Of The Undergates, a vast and sprawling story of adventure, demons, madness and carnage.

He currently resides in the United States and is probably watching you read this right now. At 25, Sykes is one of the younger authors to have arrived on the stage of literary fantasy. Suspected by many to be at least tangentially related to most causes of human suffering, Sam Sykes is also a force to be reckoned with beyond literature.

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