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jpskewedthroneHey, all! I'd like to introduce you to my "shadow twin," Jon Sprunk. I met him at Balticon because we share the same agent (Joshua Bilmes), and during our drinks and chat we discovered that WE ARE TWINS! He wrote a book about an assassin; I wrote a book about an assassin! And . . . well, it got scarier from there.
Jon's latest book has hit the shelves now. It's called Blood and Iron and is the first book in an epic fantasy series from Pyr. It's action-packed and according to some, "a sword-and-sorcery Spartacus set in a richly imagined world." Here's the cover art and cover copy. You can find out more details at the Pyr website, and find out more about Jon Sprunk at his own website (including the assassin books).
Cover Copy: It starts with a shipwreck following a magical storm at sea. Horace, a soldier from the west, had joined the Great Crusade against the heathens of Akeshia after the deaths of his wife and son from plague. When he washes ashore, he finds himself at the mercy of the very people he was sent to kill, who speak a language and have a culture and customs he doesn’t even begin to understand. Not long after, Horace is pressed into service as a house slave. But this doesn’t last. The Akeshians discover that Horace was a latent sorcerer, and he is catapulted from the chains of a slave to the halls of power in the queen’s court. Together with Jirom, an ex-mercenary and gladiator, and Alyra, a spy in the court, he will seek a path to free himself and the empire’s caste of slaves from a system where every man and woman must pay the price of blood or iron. Before the end, Horace will have paid dearly in both.
Jon's latest book has hit the shelves now. It's called Blood and Iron and is the first book in an epic fantasy series from Pyr. It's action-packed and according to some, "a sword-and-sorcery Spartacus set in a richly imagined world." Here's the cover art and cover copy. You can find out more details at the Pyr website, and find out more about Jon Sprunk at his own website (including the assassin books).
Cover Copy: It starts with a shipwreck following a magical storm at sea. Horace, a soldier from the west, had joined the Great Crusade against the heathens of Akeshia after the deaths of his wife and son from plague. When he washes ashore, he finds himself at the mercy of the very people he was sent to kill, who speak a language and have a culture and customs he doesn’t even begin to understand. Not long after, Horace is pressed into service as a house slave. But this doesn’t last. The Akeshians discover that Horace was a latent sorcerer, and he is catapulted from the chains of a slave to the halls of power in the queen’s court. Together with Jirom, an ex-mercenary and gladiator, and Alyra, a spy in the court, he will seek a path to free himself and the empire’s caste of slaves from a system where every man and woman must pay the price of blood or iron. Before the end, Horace will have paid dearly in both.
