A City of Ashes

Book #2 of 3 in Warriors of Spirit and Bone

Author: Nick Snape

427 pages, Paperback

ISBN: 978-1068641169

Language: English

Genre: Dark Epic Fantasy

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Where arcane magic and steampunk meet, dragons are built not born…

"Between smoking dilapidated cities, soul-infused mechanical constructs, resurrecting necromancers and wyrms wandering through the realms—this book conjures a dark ambiance that is largely unmatched by anything else I have read."‒‒ SFFInsiders

With the Veil Dragon, Nathair, under the Spirit Captain's control, Laoch pushes away the grief of his first encounter with the metal beast and hunts for a weapon to use against the coming Constructor invasion.

While he scours the abandoned city of their soul-eating foe, Queen Weister prepares for the coming war. Now a major player in the Overseer’s deception of her people, she struggles under a burden of guilt, seeking support in the last person in her life she wanted to depend on.

And the Unspoken rises on the wings of her artifice dragon to burn all before her. In her wake, the people turn to the Seven Houses for solace, and the Overseer’s grip upon the realm tightens in preparation for the true enemy.

For a soul-vampire emperor consumed by revenge has a new artifice, one that hungers to enslave and feed upon all that worship the Seven. The Kraken soulship, powered by stolen souls, chains ready to drain the dead, prepares for battle.

A dark fantasy that blends arcane science, steampunk, and magic, A City of Ashes is the second book in the Warriors of Spirit and Bone series is perfect for fans of Arcane, the dark intricacy of Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series and the gritty malice of Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy.

“The arcanepunk aesthetic is such a cool concept, and really delivers with gripping battles, wrenching losses, and twisted surprises.”‒ Justin Greer, author of The Garden Knight and Prophecy of Five fantasy series

“I hadn’t read any 'arcanepunk' before, but this has simply blown me away.” ‒ Indyman, SFFInsiders

“Nick Snape is one of those authors who zigs when others would zag. He left me surprised and almost holding my breath at parts. A City of Ashes is perfect for readers who like to walk in the dark spaces created by desperation and danger.”‒ Witty & Sarcastic Book Club Blog

"A work of coal-dark fantasy that is continually surprising, provocative, and compulsively entertaining." ‒ Self-Publishing Review