TL DR: Brilliant read in a very incredible fantasy setting with likable characters and badass encounters. It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld. Rescuing Rose is the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. I usually have 6-10 books on my monthly TBR, but I decided for June to have 12 as a way to push myself (not a great idea) and out of all of them Kings of the Wyld was the book I looked forward to the most!Ĭlay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best - the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.
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