The shortlist for the 2018 David Gemmell Awards went live overnight.  Here are the finalists:

The Legend Award – presented to the best fantasy novel of the year.
The Fall of Dragons, Traitor Son Cycle Book 5 by Miles Cameron
Assassin’s Fate, Book 3 of Fitz and The Fool by Robin Hobb
Red Sister, Book 1 of The Book of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence
Scorched Shadows, The Hellequin Chronicles Book 7 by Steve McHugh
Oathbringer, The Stormlight Archive Book 3 by Brandon Sanderson

The Morningstar Award – presented to the best first novel of the year.
Age of Assassins, Book 1 of The Wounded Kingdom by RJ Barker
The Tethered Mage, Book 1 of The Swords and Fire Trilogy by Melissa Caruso
Kings of the Wyld, Book 1 of The Band by Nicholas Eames
Blackwing, Book 1 of The Raven’s Mark by Ed McDonald
The Court of Broken Knives, Book 1 of The Empires of Dust by Anna Smith-Spark

The Ravenheart Award – presented to the artist(s) responsible for the best cover of the year. (Note: these are for the British editions which are often different from the US editions. Images can be seen on the voting page)
Richard Anderson for Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames (Orbit) and designed by Lisa Marie Pompilio
Kerem Beyit for The Fall of Dragons by Miles Cameron (Gollancz) and designed by Sidonie Beresford-Browne, Abi Hartshorne, Sue Michniewicz and Jamie Tanner
Sam Green for Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz) and designed by Tomas Almeida
Jackie Morris and Stephen Raw for Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb (HarperVoyager) and designed by Dominic Forbes
Kerby Rosanes for Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff (HarperVoyager) and designed by Micaela Alcaino

Adventures Fantastic would like to congratulate all the nominees on the final balllot. Voting is open until Friday, June 1.