Seven Princes, John R. Fultz
Seven Princes, John R. Fultz
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Seven Princes

Author: John R. Fultz

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 17 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 01/03/2012

Synopsis

A vibrant tale of ancient sorcerers, heroic kings, and looming war, Seven Princes is the epic beginning to John R. Fultz's debut fantasy series.

Under the watchful eye of the Giants, the kingdoms of Men rose to power. Now, the Giant-King has slain the last of the Serpents and ushered in an era of untold peace and prosperity. Where a fire-blackened desert once stood, golden cities flourish in verdant fields.

But the realms of Man face a new threat -- an ancient sorcerer slaughters the rightful King of Yaskatha before the unbelieving eyes of his son, young Prince D'zan. With the Giant-King lost to a mysterious doom, it seems that no one has the power to stop the coming storm.

Now the fugitive Prince seeks allies across the realms of Men and Giants to liberate his father's stolen kingdom. Six foreign Princes are tied to his fate. Only one thing is certain: War is coming.

Praise for Book of the Shapers:

"Non-stop action at a blistering pace. . .Vigorous and vibrant." -- Kirkus
"Flawless -- and timeless -- epic fantasy." -- BN.com

About John R. Fultz

John R. Fultz lives in the Bay Area, California, but is originally from Kentucky. His fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Weird Tales, Space & Time, Lightspeed, Way of the Wizard, and Cthulhu’s Reign, and his comic book work includes Primordia, Zombie Tales, and Cthulhu Tales. He has many literary heroes, including Tanith Lee, Thomas Ligotti, Clark Ashton Smith, Lord Dunsany, William Gibson, Robert Silverberg, and Darrell Schweitzer, not to mention Howard, Poe, and Shakespeare. When not writing novels, stories, or comics, John teaches English literature at the high school level and plays a mean guitar.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on January 11, 2012

The cover gives the promise of Heroic Fantasy, of which I’m quite a fan. On hearing a brief synopsis, Seven Princes to me sounded like a fresh take on the genre, so I was quite excited when I got a copy for review. And having read it... well, it’s not. The plot is basically The Magnificent Seven (or B......more

Goodreads review by Dr. Cat on May 09, 2024

Seven Princes starts off with a resurrecting wizard unleashing zombie flesh-eating hordes on the masses and from there the author drops all pretences of realism and just puts his foot on the gas and speeds off to Captain Conan-Country. You've heard of grimdark fantasy? This is "the author licked the......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on September 26, 2012

Epic fantasy filled with wonders and terrors and war and strange magics. Fultz lists as his influences Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee, Darrell Schweitzer and Lord Dunsany, which means he couldn't have aimed this book more directly at me if he'd tried. Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by S.E. on October 20, 2015

Seven Princes by John R. Fultz is Epic, Digestible Dark Fantasy. The Author Interview was a nice extra in which Fultz acknowledges the authors who inspired him, namely Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee, and Darrell Schweitzer. I found Fultz’s writing to be more accessible than these authors, but less de......more

Goodreads review by Rod on August 07, 2012

This novel was very uneven, but ultimately worth the read. Unlike other fantasy series which seem more like historical fiction with just a sprinkling of supernatural elements, Seven Princes is reminiscent of classic sword-and-sorcery yarns with an emphasis on the sorcery. Ironically, this is both the......more

Quotes

"What Seven Princes [offers] is breakneck pacing and nonstop insanity. It's epic with a capital EPIC."—io9.com

"A stand-out fantasy series from an author with an exceptional talent for characterization and world building."—Library Journal

"Non-stop action at a blistering pace... Vigorous and vibrant."—Kirkus Reviews

"One of the strongest epic fantasies I've read in a long time. My perfect epic fantasy novel looks a great deal like John R. Fultz's debut, Seven Princes"—Rob Will Review

"Flawless - and timeless - epic fantasy. For fans of epic fantasy, Seven Princes is as good as it gets."—BN.com (Paul Goat Allen)

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