The Malevolent Seven

Seven war mages with dark pasts must unite to fight an unknown enemy, but the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine, and someone is setting them up for a fall. Cade Ombra, a former noble-sounding job title, is on the run and has been invited to join a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 11 May 2023
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

From the bestselling author of THE GREATCOATS comes a thrilling new series that delves into the world of war mages, seven individuals with dark pasts who must unite to face an unknown enemy. However, the stakes are higher than anyone could have imagined, and someone is setting the seven up for a fall.

Imagine a wizard. Close your eyes and envision the image. A skinny old man with a long, straggly beard. The hat is a must-have, too, right? A big, floppy thing that wouldn't want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object).

Yep. Behold the mighty wizard.

Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like. But be warned: you're probably not going to like it, because we're violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations.

My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title until I discovered the people I worked for weren't quite as noble as I'd believed. Now I'm on the run, and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent.

Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job.

Weight: 610g
Dimension: 163 x 243 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529422771