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The gore is in context, the swearing is as well-timed as it is frequent (sorry Mum Smith – I've been won over!), the religious warring has real-world parallels. It seems like the limits of my enthusiasm are only dictated by your boredom threshold so perhaps I should just sum it all up in a sentence...
If you only read one [[:Category:H P Lovecraft|Lovecraft]]/[[:Category:J R R Tolkien|Tolkien]]/Middle Ages/Spanish Inquisition/Borgia-esque/Viking inspired fantasy series this year, AJ Smith is definitely your go-to guy.
(Thank you so much to the good people at Head of Zeus for providing us with a copy for review.)
Further Reading: If this appeals and you've already read the [[The Black Guard (The Long War) by AJ Smith|first book]] first (if you know what I mean), we also definitely recommend [[Herald of the Storm by Richard Ford]] or, if you prefer your bloody fantasy with an oriental flavour, the equally superlative [[Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff]].
[[A J Smith's The Long War Novels in Chronological Order]]
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