Book Review: Smoke and Stone (City of Sacrifice, #1) by Michael R. Fletcher
ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Smoke and Stone by Michael R. Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: City of Sacrifice (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy
Pages: 511 pages
Published: 1st November 2019 by Michael R. Fletcher (UK & US)
Utterly remarkable post-apocalyptic grimdark fantasy.
It’s surreal, but as it turns out, it’s been two years and approximately two hundred books since I’ve read anything new by Fletcher. It’s a serious shame that after all this time, Fletcher still hasn’t received the fame and recognition he deserves. When it comes to grimdark fantasy, I find that George R. R. Martin, Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, and Steven Erikson tend to be the most often mentioned names; for many good reasons. However, I do strongly believe that Fletcher should be equally ranked as high as them. I am drowning in books to read, but when Fletcher asked me to read and review his newest book, I accepted, started, and finished reading it immediately within two days.
“The fifth age ended in catastrophe and the death of a world. We live now in the sixth age, the age beyond life, the age of apocalypse. We live a nightmare. We are damned souls, doomed to a slow and rotting demise.”—Loa Book of the Invisibles