Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This is my choice of the day:
Redemption’s Blade: After the War by Adrian Tchaikovksy
24% The very presence of the Kinslayer, over years of occupation, had twisted the terrain to fit his inner nature. Everything was poisonous or jagged or hideous. But perhaps he had looked on all of this and counted it as beautiful. Perhaps it was a comfortable home to the Yorughan.
“No,” Nedlam told her. “I mean, look at it. Can’t even sit down without getting a sharp rock up your arse. Better than below, though.”
“Always better than below,” Heno agreed. By then they were in Bleakmairn’s shadow, waiting to see if the occupants would greet them with arrows.
BLURB: Ten years ago, the renegade demigod known as the Kinslayer returned. His armies of monsters issued from the pits of the earth, spearheaded by his brutal Yorughan soldiers. He won every battle, leaving burnt earth and corruption behind. Thrones toppled and cities fell as he drove all before him. And then he died. A handful of lucky heroes and some traitors amongst his own, and the great Kinslayer was no more.
Celestaine was one such hero and now she has tasked herself to correct the worst excesses of the Kinslayer and bring light back to her torn-up world. With two Yorughan companions she faces fanatics, war criminals and the monsters and minions the Kinslayer left behind as the fragile alliances of the war break down into feuding, greed and mistrust. The Kinslayer may be gone, but he cast a long shadow she may never truly escape.
I am loving this one. The premise is that the heroic battle has been fought, complete with maniacal despot intent on world domination at all costs… engineered monsters and twisted mutants… a rampaging dragon… And now we are in the happily ever after. Though it’s not turning out to be quite as happily as those epic stories would have you believe.
Not my usual genre, but it does sound like a good one.
So far, it’s excellent:).
While this is not my genre, I hope you are loving it. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
Yes, I certainly am, Laurel – many thanks for swinging by:)
That’s some strong solid writing. very descriptive.
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Yes, the worldbuilding is certainly there, but wrapped up in amongst the action, which I really appreciate. Tchaikovsky is now one of my favourite authors.
I have this one to review as well. Your thoughts on the book so far are very encouraging, I can’t wait to read it!
I look forward to hearing your views on it, Mogsy. Looking at Goodreads, I’ve been rather startled at the real mix of reactions to this one – a number of folks really don’t like it and I’m trying to figure out why…
I’m currently reading this one too. I found it a little slow to begin with but I think I’m sucked in now – about 25% in. I’m enjoying the characters.
Lynn 😀
Yes, I am loving it:). But then I fell in love with the premise when I first read it – and Tchaikovsky regularly starts slowly and reels his readers in…
This author’s books are popping up practically everywhere, so I’m certain the Universe is trying to tell me something – and I know what: I *must* read some of his books! 😉
Oh do! He is a clever, gifted writer – Spiderlight and Children of Time are his standout standalones in my opinion, but this one is great fun, so far.
I already have Children of Time in my reading queue, it’s just that I keep getting distracted by other titles… 😀
Good teaser!
Thank you, Rae:)
Thanks for sharing a teaser from this book. I really like the premise of it.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it – though it was the fact that Tchaikovsky was the author that sealed it for me – he’s now on my must-read list…
Ooh I still have to get to this one sometime this month! The blurb feels a little vague to me for some reason, so I don”t know what to expect from the story, but I 100% trust your opinion. 😀 Can’t wait to get into it!
I’ll look forward to hearing what you make of it – I’ve only just finished reading it and really enjoyed the experience.
This not-so-happily ever is well-timed. I’m in the midst of Maas’ Court of Thorns and Mist and Yadda Yadda, and I’m thinking of using it for a post on expectation vs. payoff. The first book establishes expectations that are NOT met in the second book, but the second book IS good in many ways, so I’m rather torn…
If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of reading Tchaikovsky, then I urge you to do so – he has a splendid habit of taking classic genre tropes and giving them a thorough shaking by the scruff of their neck… I love his approach.
Hee hee! Well with that said, it’s off to add it to the GoodReads list. 😉
Oh, I would love your take on his work…:)