Veil of the Deserters
Jeff Salyards
Night Shade Books
Trade Paper $15.99
ebook $13.99

Jeff Salyards emailed me late last year asking if I would be willing to review his new novel, Chains of the Heretic. Having quite enjoyed his first novel, Scourge of the Betrayer, I immediately said yes. And created for myself a small problem. Chanins of the Heretic is the third novel in Bloodsounder’s Arc. And I hadn’t at that time read the second, Veil of the Deserters.  So that’s what I did.

I commit dayjobbery in acdemia, and this semester has been unusually hectic.  You may have noticed I’m not posting as often as I have in the past.  There are reasons for that.  I finished Veil in about thrice the amount of time I normally would; the reasons it took so long had nothing to do with the book.  The reason it’s taken nearly a month to get the review up have nothing to do with the book, either.  (Unless the universe takes aim at me this week, there will be a flurry of reviews of books I’ve readover the course of the last three months.)  I’m hoping to read and get the review of Chains up in a few weeks.

If you’re a fan of grimdark fantasty, then Jeff Salyards is an author you will want to check out.  He’s extremely good. Continue reading →