'Brilliant and vivid world-building . . . riveting' CHAD STAHLESKI director of John Wick '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 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.
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). Yep.
Behold the mighty wizard. 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. 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. Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on
this job . . . 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 'Sassy and humourous . . .
Sebastien makes characters that make you feel like you know them' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'Really
inventive and satisfying fun fantasy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'I honestly had so much fun reading
this . . . easily one of my favorite reads of the year' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'Well-written
intriguing and highly entertaining!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'Never felt so good routing for the
bad guys' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
