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A Discourse in Steel
A Discourse in Steel
A Discourse in Steel
Audiobook10 hours

A Discourse in Steel

Written by Paul S. Kemp

Narrated by Nick Podehl

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

Egil and Nix have retired, as they always said they would. No, really—they have! No more sword- and hammer-play for them!

But when two recent acquaintances come calling for help, our hapless heroes find themselves up against the might of the entire Thieves Guild.

And when kidnapping the leader of the most powerful guild in the land seems like the best course of action, you know you’re in over your head.…

A wonderfully fast-paced fantasy adventure in classic swords and sorcery style, from New York Times bestselling author, Paul S. Kemp.

“Strong characters, setting, and history.… [A] gripping tale.” —Publishers Weekly on The Hammer & the Blade

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 25, 2013
ISBN9781469271958
A Discourse in Steel
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Paul S. Kemp

Paul S. Kemp is a lawyer. That is bad. He is also the million-selling author of the Erevis Cale sword and sorcery series, and several Star Wars novels. That is good. Very good. He has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list three times (twice on the hardcover list, and once in the mass market list). It’s a little known fact that Paul has maimed eight men and three llamas using only an unsharpened pencil and a stick of Wrigley’s gun. Now you know too. He does not hum show tunes. Ever. Paul lives in Michigan with his wife and twin sons.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    In the tradition of Fritz Leibert's Fafard and Gray Mouser, this series takes me back to high fantasy adventures, and Paul S. Kemp, does a wonderful job of making us believe? The world.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    As with the first in this series, the "buddies and banter" are well done here. Also again, the female characters are just pathetic -- weak and uninteresting. The story is entertaining, if fairly predictable.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Listening to this on audio was like visiting old friends. Even though I only listened to the first book a couple months ago. The scale on this one seemed a little less epic than the first but also it seemed like the author got much deeper into the characters.I love the narrator on the audio book. He really helps bring the characters to life. Hope to hear more from Egil and Nyx in the future.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The further adventures of Egil and Nix in their hometown of Dur Follin. Unfortunately, the town is little more than a name, and a home for their bar and a thieves guild. They get caught in the middle of a guild takeover when one of their girlfriends? wards? adopted urchins? gets in the way. After that, its a beatdown on the thieves in the guild. This is openly written in admiration of the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories by Fritz Leiber, but unfortunately it has been influenced by modern fantasy games and comics. The heroes are so far above the minions of the thieves guild that they don't present any threat at all - until they run into the big bad thing! The setting and characters could definitely use some detail. The action is good and there are some funny parts.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    All you need to know is that Egil and Nix are back! Fans of old school sword & sorcery will love this book which is the sequel to Hammer and the Blade. It immediately brought me back to when I was a teenager and first discovered Conan the Barbarian and Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Pure entertainment and I mean that in the best way possible. While it is not necessary to have read the first book, with characters this fun why wouldn't you? I can only hope this is not the last we will see of these two.