The Malevolent Seven

'Brilliant and vivid world-building . . . riveting' CHAD STAHLESKI, director of John Wick<BR><BR> 'A masterful blend of Sebastien de Castell's unique brand of wry humour, elegant prose, and wonderfully imaginative worldbuilding. I devoured this book and loved every page' NICK EAMES, bestselling author of Kings of the Wylde<BR><BR> From the bestselling author of THE GREATCOATS: seven war mages with dark pasts must come together to fight an unknown enemy - but the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine . . . and someone's setting the seven up for a fall.<BR><BR> Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. The hat's a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing. Wouldn't want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object).<BR><BR> Yep. Behold the mighty wizard.<BR><BR> Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like . . . but be warned: you're probably not going to like it, because we're violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations.<BR><BR> My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title - until I discovered the people I worked for weren't quite as noble as I'd believed. Now I'm on the run and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent.<BR><BR>Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job . . .<BR>   Readers love The Malevolent Seven! 'I absolutely loved this book. Immediately engaging characters and great world building - the story runs along at a breakneck pace and is gripping from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review<BR><BR> 'Sassy and humourous . . . Sebastien makes characters that make you feel like you know them' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review<BR><BR> 'Really inventive and satisfying fun fantasy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review<BR><BR> 'I honestly had so much fun reading this . . . easily one of my favorite reads of the year' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review<BR><BR> 'Well-written, intriguing, and highly entertaining!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review<BR><BR> 'Never felt so good routing for the bad guys' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review