The Thousand Names - Django Wexler

The Thousand Names

By Django Wexler

  • Release Date: 2013-07-02
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 203 Ratings

Description

Set in an alternate nineteenth century, muskets and magic are weapons to be feared in the first “spectacular epic” (Fantasy Book Critic) in Django Wexler’s Shadow Campaigns series.

Captain Marcus d’Ivoire, commander of one of the Vordanai empire’s colonial garrisons, was serving out his days in a sleepy, remote outpost—until a rebellion left him in charge of a demoralized force clinging to a small fortress at the edge of the desert.

To flee from her past, Winter Ihernglass masqueraded as a man and enlisted as a ranker in the Vordanai Colonials, hoping only to avoid notice. But when chance sees her promoted to command, she must lead her men into battle against impossible odds.

Their fate depends on Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich. Under his command, Marcus and Winter feel the tide turning and their allegiance being tested. For Janus’s ambitions extend beyond the battlefield and into the realm of the supernatural—a realm with the power to reshape the known world and change the lives of everyone in its path.

Reviews

  • The Thousand Names

    5
    By Kooltrk67
    Awesome!
  • Refreshing setting but not as gripping as I'd like

    3
    By Zulw3
    Most fantasy is in a medieval, European setting, among black forests and mountains, etc. This story is in a desert setting with Napoleonic tones, which was refreshing and different. The plot was intricate enough to keep you guessing but not so convoluted as to be baffling. The dialogue was entertaining, the action plentiful, but I found myself reading just to finish the book. It was not book that I just couldn't put down.
  • An Entertaining Read!

    5
    By Just works.
    Not your typical swords and sorcery book, though there was plenty of both. Lots of action, good character development, I couldn't put it down.