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'There's no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along. Swords, armour, arrows - and the bodies, of course.' The first novel in an epic fantasy trilogy from World Fantasy Award winner K. J. Parker.
There's no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along. Swords, armour, arrows - and the bodies, of course.
Over the years, Saevus Corax has picked up a lot of things. Some of them have made him decent money, others have brought nothing but trouble. But it's a living, and somebody has to deal with the dead.
Something else that Saevus has buried is his past. Unfortunately, he didn't quite succeed.
The first novel in a new epic fantasy trilogy from World Fantasy Award-winner K. J. Parker.
For more from K. J. Parker, check out:
The Siege
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World
The Two of Swords
The Two of Swords: Volume One
The Two of Swords Volume Two
The Two of Swords: Volume Three
The Fencer Trilogy
Colours in the Steel
The Belly of the Bow
The Proof House
The Scavenger Trilogy
Shadow
Pattern
Memory
Engineer Trilogy
Devices and Desires
Evil for Evil
The Escapement
The Company
The Folding Knife
The Hammer
Sharps
Praise for Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead: Corax Book 1
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Full of invention and ingenuity . . . Great fun - SFX on Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
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Readers are ensured a good time and a barrel of laughs to boot - Publishers Weekly on How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It
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Parker's latest epic fantasy proves that all the world is, indeed, a stage, and Parker himself is a master impresario. Readers will enjoy his comedic take on how politics are comprised of equal parts lies, incompetence, and the foolishness of humanity-with just enough flashes of brilliance to save the day. Recommended for fans of Terry Pratchett - Library Journal on How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It
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Launches a witty adventure series . . . Readers will appreciate the infusion of humour and fun-loving characters into this vivid and sometimes grim fantasy world - Publishers Weekly on Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
K. J. Parker
K. J. Parker is a pseudonym for Tom Holt. He was born in London in 1961. At Oxford he studied bar billiards, ancient Greek agriculture and the care and feeding of small, temperamental Japanese motorcycle engines. These interests led him, perhaps inevitably, to qualify as a solicitor and emigrate to Somerset, where he specialised in death and taxes for seven years before going straight in 1995. He lives in Chard, Somerset, with his wife and daughter.
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