Action, magic, romance and humor mingle well in this mammoth tale.

“ Seven Blades in Black offers villains that are as memorable and unique as the heroes. Ludicrous, wicked, delightful.” - Pierce Brown, New York Times bestselling author In Sal the Cacophony, Sykes has crafted a protagonist for the ages. “Sykes is a master at taking familiar elements of fantasy and stirring them to a wicked, wholly original churn. But a plot to save the world by bringing down empires swiftly escalates into a conspiracy of magic and vengeance that threatens to burn everything to ash, including herself. When the roguish agent of a mysterious patron offers her the chance to participate in a heist to steal an incredible power from the famed airship fleet, the Ten Arrows, she finds a new purpose. Her lover lost and cities burned in her wake, all she has left is her magical gun and her all-consuming quest for revenge against those who stole her power and took the sky from her. Sal the Cacophony – outlaw, outcast, outnumbered – destroys all that she loves. Check it out below! Sykes’s latest trilogy, The Grave of Empires, is an unforgettable epic fantasy that follows an outcast mage caught between two warring empires.ĭesign by Lauren Panepinto Illustration by Jeremy Wilson

Revenge! Murder! Empires governed by lunatics wearing opera masks! Giant mechanical monstrosities powered by ancient horrors! Riding birds! Terrifying beasts summoned out of the ether! Make-outs! Stabbings! Not all at once, but pretty close succession! And, hinging upon it all, a young woman with a scar, a gun and a list of thirty-three names to kill just to feel normal again.Sal the Cacophony returns looking as badass as ever in the cover for TEN ARROWS OF IRON, the sequel to Sam Sykes’s widely acclaimed SEVEN BLADES IN BLACK.

It has everything you’ve ever wanted in a fantasy novel. This story, a long time in the making, is basically my love letter to Final Fantasy. This is a new trilogy in an entirely new world following the adventures of Sal the Cacophony, an honest young lady with a magic gun trying her best to navigate a life through a magic-scarred wasteland serving as the battleground between an empire of decadent mages and their former servants-turned-ultra-nationalist machinists, while also hunting down and killing the seven wizards who stole her powers. Please welcome Seven Blades in Black, the first in a series called Songs of the Cacophony!

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