![]() ![]() The book is set in the ancient world where monsters are reawakened and are the tale of blind greed, ambition, and betrayal. It is inspired by Norse mythology, Beowulf and Ragnarök. This is a debutant novel of John Gwynne in his first fantasy novel series, The Faithful and the Fallen. My latest book, The Shadow of the Gods, book 1 of the Bloodsworn Saga, will be published in May 2021. Book 1, A Time of Dread, begins 130 years after the events of the first series.Ī Time of Courage, book 3 Of Blood and Bone, made the Spiegel Bestseller’s List in Germany. My second series, of Blood and Bone, is set in the Banished Lands, the same world as the first series. ![]() The following three books in the series – Valour, Ruin and Wrath, were all shortlisted for the David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novels of 2014, 20. That was a truly wonderful moment, as David Gemmell is a hero of mine and one of the reasons I write. Malice, my debut novel, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2012 and went on to win the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Debut of 2012. I live on the south coast of the UK with my beautiful wife, three sons and my daughter, and an assortment of animals (at the moment three dogs, a horse and a lamb who thinks she’s a dog). ![]() I’m also a Viking re-enactor and enjoy nothing more than standing in the shield wall with my three sons, who are as passionate about swords and axes as I am (when I’m not stuck in my coat of mail it’s harder than it looks). ![]() I am the author of epic fantasy series The Faithful and the Fallen, Of Blood and Bone and The Bloodsworn Saga. ![]()
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