Waiting On Wednesday was a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each Wednesday you got to highlight a book that you were really looking forward to. Unfortunately, the original creator is no longer able to host the meme and it has now linked up with Can’t Wait Wednesday over at Wishful Endings.
This week I’ve chosen:
Priest of Bones by Peter McLean.
Fans of Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie will love Tomas Piety, a priest and soldier prepared to play dirty to protect those he loves: a priest of bones.
‘Charismatic and very more-ish’ – Mark Lawrence, bestselling author of Red Sister
‘Sixty-five thousand battle-shocked, trained killers came home to no jobs, no food and the plague. What did Her Majesty think was going to happen?’
Tomas Piety takes his duties seriously: as a soldier, as a priest of Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows and as a leader of men. He has come home from the war to reclaim his family business, to provide for his men and to ensure the horrors of Abingon can never happen in Ellinburg.
But things have changed: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg – his people – have run out of food and hope and places to hide. With his best friend Bloody Anne, his war-damaged brother Jochan and his new gang, the Pious Men, Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his.
And as Tomas is dragged into a web of political intrigue by the sinister Queen’s Men, forced to work against the foreign infiltrators lurking in the backstreet taverns, brothels and gambling dens of the Stink, one thing becomes clear.
The war has just begun.
Sounds awesome and it has a sweet cover too! 🙂
Priest of Bones is published by Jo Fletcher Books in the UK and is released on October 4th, 2018. In the US the book is published by Ace and is released on October 2nd, 2018.
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I’ve got my eye on that McLean book. I haven’t decided yet whether I’m going to request a review copy.
I went with a crime book for Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke.
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Ha! I’m the same. Debating whether to request whilst praying that a copy arrives as I’ve seen some bloggers getting copies.😂🙏
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I love this cover as well! I loved the first book I read by McLean so I’ll probably be reading this too.
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The dyslexic in me definitely mistook “Priest of Bones by Peter ” as “Priest of Boners” which doesn’t really seem like your type of book 😂😂😂 But once I slowed down and read the title correctly and then read the rest of your post it does sound like a really good book!
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That’s an eyecatching cover – and the premise sounds really intriguing. I hope you enjoy this one, Drew, when you manage to get your hands on a copy!
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This sounds very promising! I will be watching for your review when it comes out to tell me if it delivers 😉
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Is this the first in a series? It sounds pretty darn good!
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Yep.👍📚
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Yep, I would like a copy of this too.
Lynn 😀
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