Age of Iron

Name: Age of Iron
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.36 (11 reviews)
Author: Angus Watson
ISBN: 9781478929789

Author: Angus Watson

Series: Iron Age #1

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Unabridged: 15 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 09/02/2014

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Epic, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction

Synopsis

LEGENDS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE MADE.

Dug Sealskinner is a down-on-his-luck mercenary traveling south to join up with King Zadar's army. But he keeps rescuing the wrong people.

First Spring, a child he finds scavenging on the battlefield, and then Lowa, one of Zadar's most fearsome warriors, who has vowed revenge on the king for her sister's execution.

Now Dug's on the wrong side of the thousands-strong army he hoped to join -- and worse, Zadar has bloodthirsty druid magic on his side. All Dug has is his war hammer, one small child, and one unpredictable, highly-trained warrior with a lust for revenge that might get them all killed . . .

About Angus Watson

Angus Watson is the David Gemmell-Award-nominated author of Age of Iron. As well as writing epic fantasy, he's written hundreds of features for newspapers including The Times, Financial Times and Telegraph, and the latter even sent him to look for Bigfoot in America. He lives in London, but you can find him on Twitter at @GusWatson or find his website: www.guswatson.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terence on April 08, 2018

Dug Sealskinner is a simple man and mercenary looking for a steadier job. He's heading south to join up with King Zadar's massive army. On his way to join them he gets sidetracked by a battle that sounds simple, but changes everything. Dug finds himself traveling with an intelligent young girl in Sp......more

Goodreads review by Emma on August 26, 2016

4.5 stars. This was great! This is similar in style to Michael J Sullivan's work. The author writes with a great sense of humour. The main characters are well developed, the historical context seems quite accurate ( in house fighting between tribes prior to Roman invasion), the language is colloquia......more

Goodreads review by Gavin on August 18, 2016

Age of Iron was a nice blend of fantasy and historical fiction. It had an Iron Age setting with a bit of druid magic thrown in to spice things up. The tone of the story was definitely Grimdark, and some of the happenings were pretty brutal, but it was mitigated by the fact that the story did not tak......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 04, 2014

Review Posted at Tenacious Reader: [URL not allowed] 4.5 stars This was a very down and dirty, gripping, enjoyable read. It is dark, twisted, funny and exciting. Despite that, this is going to be a really hard review to write. I enjoyed it. Actually, I really enjoyed it. But the......more

Goodreads review by Frank on September 19, 2016

No Spoilers here. I have to say I really enjoyed this book. Watson presents a time with not much written history, Britain in 61 BC, very brutal, gritty, dirty, just surviving is truly difficult. Britain is ruled by an amalgamation of tribes, with power transferring constantly within these tribes. Lea......more

Quotes

"Watson's tale is gore soaked and profanity laden -- full of visceral combat and earthy humor, and laced with subtle magic. The blend of historical accuracy and authorial liberties suggests an old-school sword-and-sorcery epic, though with some clearly modern sensibilities thrown in for good measure."—Publishers Weekly