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Bloody Rose
A lgbtq Fantasy Novel by Nicholas Eames
Book 2 of the The Band Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Mercenaries,
- Monster Hunting,
- Gladiatorial,
- Quest,
- Found Family
This book is for you if you're into...
- Mercenary bands treated like rockstars in a monster-filled world
- Arena battles with monsters and high-stakes glory quests
- Misfit crews whose bravado hides real vulnerability
From Little Stack
While many people adore Kings of the Wyld, I will forever stand by my assertion that Bloody Rose is the better book.
It treads much of the same gladiatorial and monster-hunting ground as its predecessor, but it follows a group of youths who, as we come to see chapter by chapter, are all misfits in their own unique way. Once the masks peeled away and I got to see the people behind the grand front, it made them so real and complex, and they become characters I fell deeply in love with.
The fact that they became the heroes by the end—at a very painful cost, I might add—just made the journey all the more epic and emotionally satisfying.
A band of fabled mercenaries tour a wild fantasy landscape, battling monsters in arenas in front of thousands of adoring fans.
But, a secret and dangerous gig ushers them to the frozen north, and the band is never one to waste a shot at glory.
Live fast, die young...
Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond her sleepy hometown..
When the biggest mercenary band of all, led by the infamous Bloody Rose, rolls into town, Tam jumps at the chance to sign on as their bard.
It's adventure she wants -- and adventure she gets as the crew embark on a quest that will end in one of two ways: glory or death..
It's time to take a walk on the wyld side..
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Kings of the Wyld
2017
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