Heart of Granite, James Barclay
Heart of Granite, James Barclay
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Heart of Granite
Blood & Fire 1

Author: James Barclay

Series: Blood & Fire

Narrator: Joe Jameson

Unabridged: 13 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 03/29/2018

Synopsis

The world has become a battleground in a war which no side is winning. But for those determined to retain power, the prolonged stalemate cannot be tolerated so desperate measures must be taken.

Max Halloran has no idea. He's living the brief and glorious life of a hunter-killer pilot. He's an ace in the air, on his way up through the ranks, in love, and with his family's every need provided for in thanks for his service, Max has everything . . .

. . . right up until he hears something he shouldn't have, and refuses to let it go. Suddenly he's risking his life and the lives of all those he cares about for a secret which could expose corruption at the highest levels, and change the course of the war.

One man, one brief conversation . . . a whole world of trouble . . .

Read by Joe Jameson

(p) 2017 Orion Publishing Group with Audible Ltd

About James Barclay

James Barclay is the author of the Chronicles of the Raven and Legends of the Raven series, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The Raven saga came to a conclusion with the stunning Ravensoul. He also penned the epic fantasy duology The Ascendants of Estorea and completed an Elves trilogy: Elves: Once Walked With Gods, Elves: Rise of the Tai'Gethen and Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura.James Barclay lives in Teddington with his wife and two children. Find out more on his website, www.jamesbarclay.com, or follow @barculator on Twitter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Horia on September 15, 2016

If I had to reduce all that I would have to say about this book to a single word, then that would be a three letter one: wow! It's been a lot of time since I had this much fun reading a book. Although it has dragons in it, it is not fantasy, it's pure science fiction, of a subspecies I am not usuall......more

Goodreads review by Robert on August 29, 2016

Military sci-fi goes reptilian in James Barclay’s Heart of Granite. But this is not humans versus reptiles as you might think. This is humans using genetically modified reptiles as weapons and transport in a three–way world war over resources. Once the world building is laid out, Heart of Granite se......more

Goodreads review by Blodeuedd on August 14, 2016

It's sci-fi, but at the same time, there is not a lot of sci-fi, but at the same time it's everywhere. Because when it's on it's on. It's Top Gun with dragons, but to be fair I can not remember a single thing from that movie so maybe it's wrong to compare those two. Let us begin. There are dragons, b......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on August 18, 2016

First Impression: I was sent this by Gollancz and when I read that it is military fantasy, I was a bit dubious as I haven't read many books in that genre. I got stuck in and at first I was not really enjoying this book, I found the air battles disorientating and the lack of explanation on the events......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 18, 2016

You may know James for his Fantasy novels: the Raven series and his Elves series, which were traditional Fantasy novels involving mercenaries, dragons and elves. Here, in a new direction, James’ writing has taken a definite turn into SF. Set on Earth in a future where resources are desperate, multi-c......more

Quotes

Barclay is one of our story-telling gems; he's given us a hard-biotech future set in an all-too believable worn out world, where exotic part-alien creatures have replaced military hardware. Intense action scenes with dogfighting dragons flown by elegantly flawed pilots, and manipulated by devious politicians meant I read this in one sitting. And best of all is the Heart Of Granite itself, an astonishing battle behemoth that would make Godzilla run away with his tail between his legs. Peter F. Hamilton

a stunning blend of fantasy and scifi... I cannot recommend this book highly enough. PARMENION BOOKS

Barclay does dragons the way dragons should be: fire-breathing death-from-above terror machines; the only things more badass are the people who ride them Stephen Deas

Pure pulp nonsense, but utterly compelling. SFX

If you're looking for fast-paced dragon-flavoured action with a whole heap of heart, then look no further. THE ELOQUENT PAGE

A book with heart that lovers of futuristic action-stories will love. SFF WORLD

A real treat, a new series you really can't afford to miss. FALCATA TIMES

Barclay writes novels that you want to read again and again David Gemmell

James Barclay is the Sergio Leone of the genre SFX

Truly excellent heroic fantasy SciFi Now

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