This is a new trilogy in an entirely new world following the adventures of Sal the Cacophony, an honest young lady with a magic gun trying her best to navigate a life through a magic-scarred wasteland serving as the battleground between an empire of decadent mages and their former servants-turned-ultra-nationalist machinists, while also hunting down and killing the seven wizards who stole her powers. ‘Gunslingers and mad mages and monsters, oh my.Please welcome Seven Blades in Black, the first in a series called Songs of the Cacophony! By the end of the second, you’ll know you are too’ Myke Cole, author of The Armored Saint

‘By the end of the first page, you’ll know Sam is in love with his characters. If you’ve ever wanted to read Final Fantasy: The Book, this is it’ Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld The tale of Sal the Cacophony is delightfully sarcastic and deeply sorrowful. I never realized how much I needed wizard-hunting gunslingers in my life. Ludicrous, wicked, delightful’ Pierce Brown, author of Red Rising In Sal the Cacophony, Sykes has crafted a protagonist for the ages. ‘Sykes is a master at taking familiar elements of fantasy and stirring them to a wicked, wholly original churn. Betrayed by those she trusted most, her magic torn from her and awaiting execution, Sal the Cacophony has one last tale to tell before they take her head.Īll she has left is her name, her story and the weapon she used to carved both. The Scar, a land torn between powerful empires, is where rogue mages go to disappear, disgraced soldiers go to die and Sal went with a blade, a gun and a list of names she intended to use both on.īut vengeance is a flame swift extinguished. Once revered, now vagrant, she walks a wasteland scarred by generations of magical warfare. And among mages, none have will like Sal the Cacophony. Set in the Scar, where the magical, decadent Imperium battles the upstart, technologically-savvy Revolution, SEVEN BLADES IN BLACK follows the exploits of Sal the Cacophony, the most famous and dangerous of all the rogue mages.Īmong humans, none have power like mages. It’s an immersive read in a well realized world’ Robin Hobb Action, magic, romance and humor mingle well in this mammoth tale. ‘Seven Blades in Black offers villains that are as memorable and unique as the heroes. Acclaimed author Sam Sykes returns with a brilliant new epic fantasy that introduces to an unforgettable outcast magician caught between two warring empires.

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