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The Steel Remains

This is fantasy - just harder, faster and bloodier

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The Steel Remains

By: Richard Morgan
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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 Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap is a legend to all who don't know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteran of the wars against the lizards he makes a living from telling credulous travellers of his exploits. Until one day he is pulled away from his life and into the depths of the Empire's slave trade. Here he will discover a secret infinitely more frightening than the trade in lives.

Archeth - pragmatist, cynic and engineer, the last of her race - is called from her work at the whim of the most powerful man in the Empire and sent to its farthest reaches to investigate a demonic incursion against the Empire's borders.

Egar Dragonbane, steppe-nomad, one-time fighter for the Empire finds himself entangled in a small-town battle between common sense and religious fervour. But out in the wider world there is something on the move far more alien than any of his tribe's petty gods.

Anti-social, anti-heroic, and decidedly irritated, all three of them are about to be sent unwillingly forth into a vicious, vigorous and thoroughly unsuspecting fantasy world. Called upon by an Empire that owes them everything and gave them nothing.

Richard Morgan brings his trademark visceral writing style, turbo-driven plotting and thought provoking characterisation to the fantasy genre and produces a landmark work with his first foray.

Read by Simon Vance

(p) 2009 Tantor, Inc©2008 Richard Morgan Epic Fantasy Fiction
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I liked the complex characters but not really sure the story went anywhere. fight scenes were great - just enough detail without a blow by blow description. what was with the British and contrived Russian/eastern European accents? it's great to distinguish the character but this almost set the story in a Tolkien middle earth.

Light but Heavy

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It’s an amazing, no holds barred, brutal story. Great deeply flawed characters, thoroughly unlikeable, and yet awesome. Loved every graphic minute.

Amazing, brutal story

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Good gritty adult fantasy novel with well developed characters however the detour into erotica was unexpected and completely unnecessary. Would have preferred if they explored psychological journey through The Grey in more depth.

Good story but...

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Although there is a lot of rape which very uncomfortable, the story is great and had great characters. Very dark and merciless.

Trigger warning, a lot of detailed rape.

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It just keeps getting better. Love the story, love the characters, on to the next story in the series.

Third time for this novel, first time via Audible

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