Traitor's Blade (The Greatcoats), by Sebastien de Castell
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With swashbuckling action that recall Dumas' Three Musketeers Sebastien de Castell has created a dynamic new fantasy series. In Traitor's Blade a disgraced swordsman struggles to redeem himself by protecting a young girl caught in the web of a royal conspiracy.The King is dead, the Greatcoats have been disbanded, and Falcio Val Mond and his fellow magistrates Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as bodyguards for a nobleman who refuses to pay them. Things could be worse, of course. Their employer could be lying dead on the floor while they are forced to watch the killer plant evidence framing them for the murder. Oh wait, that's exactly what's happening.Now a royal conspiracy is about to unfold in the most corrupt city in the world. A carefully orchestrated series of murders that began with the overthrow of an idealistic young king will end with the death of an orphaned girl and the ruin of everything that Falcio, Kest, and Brasti have fought for. But if the trio want to foil the conspiracy, save the girl, and reunite the Greatcoats, they'll have to do it with nothing but the tattered coats on their backs and the swords in their hands, because these days every noble is a tyrant, every knight is a thug, and the only thing you can really trust is a traitor's blade.
Traitor's Blade (The Greatcoats), by Sebastien de Castell - Amazon Sales Rank: #54527 in Books
- Brand: De Castell, Sebastien
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
Traitor's Blade (The Greatcoats), by Sebastien de Castell Review Best Debut of 2014"A terrific read. I enjoyed reading it very, very much. Sebastien de Castell directly places himself upfront to many of my favorite authors."―The Book Plank"Traitor's Blade is the first 'new' fantasy of 2014 that met and even exceeded my expectations."―Fantasy Book Critic"If this isn't your most anticipated debut novel of 2014, then you're doing it wrong. Traitor's Blade may well end up going down as one of the strongest first fantasy novels of recent times--it's an absolute stunner that you can't afford to miss."―Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields"Traitor's Blade never falters, with writing as smooth and decisive as a rapier's swish through the air and a story as passionate as life itself. I can't wait to read more about these wonderful characters. Highly recommended!"―Julie E. Czerneda, author of A Turn of Light"In short, I loved loved loved Traitor's Blade. I would recommend it to everyone... Seriously, this is one excellent and remarkably entertaining book! Read it."―BiblioSanctum"Like a master-crafted rapier, Traitor's Blade is perfectly-balanced, sharp and to the point. Very highly recommended, this is a must read."―Civilian Reader"Some books you can't put down. This one won't even let you try; it whirls you along in a wild dance of fights, treachery, and jaw-dropping surprises."―Dave Duncan, author of King of Swords"In Traitor's Blade, Sebastien de Castell combines the best of Joe Abercrombie and Alexandre Dumas. He can break your heart and spike your adrenaline with the same sentence. Riveting."―Violette Malan, author of Path of the Sun and The Storm Witch
About the Author Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first job. Four hours later he realized how much he hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor, and product strategist. These interests and experiences provided fodder for his burgeoning writing career. He lives in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife. He now lives in Vancouver, where he is director of strategic program development at the Vancouver Film School.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Sebastien de Castell's debut novel - it can only go downhill from now on By H. Bala With Sebastien de Castell, I'm thinking I found my latest must-read author. Were Alexandre Dumas still alive I've no doubt there'd be a quote from him lauding the hell out of this book. Traitor's Blade is de Castell's jaunty tip of the hat to him what wrote The Three Musketeers. But given the current climate de Castell doesn't hesitate to inject a measure of political intrigue à la Game of Thrones, only done from a street-level perspective. This had better be the first in an ongoing series or I am going to kick a puppy.Fancy a history lesson? Cool. See, the nation of Tristia cannot catch a break, rocked as it's been by a century of chaos and corruption. Once upon a time (or maybe five years ago), the Greatcoats (identified by their protective trademark leather coats) roamed the realm, them doughty, sword-fighting magistrates what administered justice in the King's name, each one well-versed in the martial, diplomatic, and judicial arts. But then the ambitious Dukes deposed the king, in fact, planted his head on a pike above his very own castle. And there went the Greatcoats, disbanded and disgraced and universally vituperated. And here's our point-of-view character, Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats, him who ordered his elite corps of 144 men and women to stand down whilst their king was getting that very close shave.The book opens five years hence. Falcio and his two best friends and fellow Greatcoats, Kest and Brasti, are barely eking out a livelihood by hiring out as lowly armed escorts. Mocked as one of the Trattari ("traitors") and as a filthy "tatter-coat," Falcio has spent the past five years trying to fulfill the geas with which the late king had burdened him, but so far no luck. And when the lord they'd been safeguarding brutally expires, whom but on these three tatter-coats should suspicion fall? There go Falcio, Kest, and Brasti, scarpering.I think it's Sebastien de Castell's debut novel, and that calls for a bout of my being gobsmacked. Guy's a born storyteller. I was immediately drawn to his characters and their interplay. I note whiffs of Dumas, of Steven Brust, of Fritz Leiber, and, yep, of Dashiell Hammett. Traitor's Blade is swashbuckling fantasy at its page-flipping best, but there's an edge to it, a film noir element to it. The writer has got a sense of humor, of style. I dig the snappy bromantic banter amongst our three Greatcoats. And Falcio, holy crap, what a wonderful narrative voice. Falcio val Mond is a fantastic, full-blooded character, valorous and deeply melancholy and (the best thing about him) so very crafty. In all of Tristia, Falcio isn't the best blade (that's Kest) or the best archer (that's Brasti). But Falcio is the most dangerous of the lot because he's so damn freakin' cunning. (He's also really funny.) I dunno, there's something about him that reminds me of Vlad Taltos and of Corwin. He's so badass.But he's propelled by his tragic past, details of which we learn in intermittent flashback chapters that, thankfully, don't come off as info dumps. De Castell packs plenty of big surprises and jaw-dropping reveals. He offsets the blithe repartee with a series of truly dark moments. If you've a certain delicate sensibility, be aware that the humor occasionally strays into the risqué. But I don't see that as a fault. If I were to nitpick I could say that the narrative does suffer a wee bit courtesy of the Greatcoats' perhaps too omniscient benefactor and a villain that occasionally is caught monologuing.I'll repeat: Falcio is so badass. De Castell is consistent with his many stagings of the spectacular sword play. (It shouldn't surprise anyone to learn that the writer used to choreograph sword fights for historical recreations.) And yet what's so gratifying isn't that Falcio is so lively with a blade but that he's able to trick his adversaries silly time and again. I'm dying to tell you a for instance, but it's so much more fun if you read and find out for yourself. Okay, maybe my favorite bit of trickeration happens when Falcio is cornered by two frightening ninja-type assassins...If you're in a mood for a rousing, gritty swashbuckler... if you would make the acquaintance of three reviled (yet charming) outcasts who really have each other's back... if you don't mind opening a sack of startlements... then I - and probably Alexandre Dumas - wholeheartedly recommend Traitor's Blade.But exactly how did Falcio beat Kest in that duel that one time?I didn't mean it about the puppy.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Swashbuckling read, but with some big flaws By Bartimaeus Traitor's Blade was a swashbuckling read, albeit with some shortcomings that left me unsatisfied at the end. But first, the good parts:This was a fast-paced book that sucked me in right from the first page. Falcio makes for a very likeable protagonist, and refreshingly, this is not a black-and-white tale - there are plenty of shades of gray in the story. The witty banter is well balanced with bouts of dark flashbacks, and this makes the story just flow along, inexorably pulling you along for the ride. The author's expertise as a fight choreographer is evident from the many spectacular & unpredictable fight scenes that occur throughout the book.But alas, it's not all roses. The second half of the story is filled with very random turns of events, much of which I'd term deus ex machina. And the plot ends up being a bit too predictable. The ending felt quite abrupt, and I heavily disagreed with certain plot elements in the latter portions of the book.Overall, this started out a promising read, but petered out a bit at the end. Nevertheless, I will be watching out for more of the author's books. Plotting can be improved upon, but writing style and ability is something innate, and de Castell has that in spades.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Swordplay, and a bit of sorcery, in an imaginative tale from a new voice in fantasy By Gary K. McCormick "Traitor's Blade" tells a tale that is at once both familiar and exotic. Comparisons to "The Three Musketeers" will rise quickly to the reader's mind, but this is "Musketeers" seen through a prism of fantasy & imagination.Tristia is a land once governed by a just king, but the greedy, rapacious Dukes who rule over the various duchys which make up the country murdered the king, who had no (known) heir, and these lesser nobles now lord it over their individual lands with fists of iron. Under the king, Paelis, a corp of elite lawkeepers, the Greatcoats, meted out justice, upholding the King's Law by the use of diplomacy, wisdom--and when necessary the point of a sword. The Greatcoats were disbanded and scattered across the country after the King's overthrow, scorned as traitors to the ruling Dukes and called "trattari" or "tatter cloaks".In "Traitor's Blade", three of the greatest, and most loyal, of the Greatcloaks -- Brasti, a great archer, "The King's Arrow"; Kest, the most skilled swordsman in the land, "The King's Blade"; and Falcio, former leader of the Greatcoats, "The King's Heart", are on a quest to find a hidden treasure, left behind by the king, which will help subjugate the Dukes, reunite the country under the King's Law, and bring peace to Tristia.The settings, language, weapons, and customs in "Traitor's Blade" have a sense of the familiar about them, harkening to something along the lines of 15th to 16th Century Europe, but with a taste of magic and enough differences to keep the reader in mind of the fantastic setting of the tale. The story is complex without being confusing, with layers of plot and backstory that are revealed with very satisfying effect. The characters are well-drawn; the dialogue quick, witty, and often ribald. The author's descriptions of some of the skirmishes and duels in the story demonstrate a thorough knowledge of swordplay--fencing in the original, actual-fighting-with-swords sense, not the stylized-modern-competition sense."Traitor's Blade" is an immensely enjoyable story which carries the reader along on a fantastic ride--a tale of courage, devotion, greed, rapine, love, hate, innocence, and deception. Some minor incidences of resorting to weakish plot devices to move the story along--and one well-wrought, but unnecessary episode which contributes nothing to the story arc (at least in my estimation)--dull the polish on the story to a very minor extent (hence four, rather than five, stars), but this is a book that will satisfy the cravings of readers who relish tales of adventure in which stout (but interestingly flawed) heroes wield blades (and bows) in the cause of justice, with just a leavening of magic lifting the tale from the mundane into the fantastic.
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