The Winter Road

A gritty and epic adventure to appeal to fans of Mark Lawrence, Andrzej Sapkowski and Joe Abercrombie The Winter Road is a fantasy novel which remembers that battles leave all kinds of scars The greatest empire of them all began with a road.The Circle a thousand miles of perilous forests and warring clans No one has ever tamed such treacherous territory before, but ex soldier Teyr Amondsen, veteran of a hundred battles, is determined to try.With a merchant caravan protected by a crew of skilled mercenaries, Amondsen embarks on a dangerous mission to forge a road across the untamed wilderness that was once her home But a warlord rises in the wilds of the Circle, uniting its clans and terrorising its people Teyr s battles may not be over yet All roads lead back to war. Download The Winter Road author Adrian Selby – kino-fada.fr The Winter Road is one of the strongest standalone fantasy novels I have ever read It has all the depth of a fully fleshed out series in just one volume and it really does pack a hefty punch I m impressed with everything Selby has done here, and I shall certainly be reading anything else he may write in the future The cleverest device he wields is language because it reflects his characters and world perfectly There are made up words, rough colloquialisms and harsh sounding dialogue It sets The Winter Road is one of the strongest standalone fantasy novels I have ever read It has all the depth of a fully fleshed out series in just one volume and it really does pack a hefty punch I m impressed with everything Selby has done here, and I shall certainly be reading anything else he may write in the future The cleverest device he wields is language because it reflects his characters and world perfectly There are made up words, rough colloquialisms and harsh sounding dialogue It sets the tone for the book as it brings his protagonist Teyr Amondsen to life He has a real talent for it, for using language to reflect personality, and it s quite impressive I ve seen...I ve just finished reading Adrian Shelby s THE WINTER ROAD It s flipping brilliant This book took me on an emotional rollercoaster It s adult and grim, but instead of the nihilism and bleakness of much Grimdark these days it has a streak of love and hope running through ...I need a while to let this book sink in What an intense story it is, it blew me away Teyr is such a remarkable, strong woman or rather force of nature And yes, it made me cry a little too I will writeonce I get my thoughts together again.Two days later and I feel like I m ready to say someThis was one of my most anticipated books this year and my expectations were high, to say the leastIt s the story of one woman trying to fulfill a dream, to make life a little better I need a while to let this book sink in What an intense story it is, it blew me away Teyr is such a remarkable, strong woman or rather force of nature And yes, it made me cry a little too I will writeonce I get my thoughts together again.Two days later and I feel like I m ready to say...4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum feel like 2018 was the year of second chances When I finished The Winter Road, I had a hard time believing this was by the same author as Snakewood, a debut that well, I thought was okay, but didn t exactly love But whether it was the change in protagonist or Adrian Selby has just seriously upped his game to be honest, it s probably both , this book worked much better for me than his first one.The Winter Road 4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum feel like 2018 was the year of second chances When I finished The Winter Road, I had a hard time believing this was by the same author as Snakewood, a debut that well, I thought was okay, but didn t exactly love But whether it was the change in protagonist or Adrian Selby has just seriously upped his game to be honest, it s probably both , this book worked much better for me than his first one.The Winter Road actually takes place in the same world as Snakewood, but you don t need to have read the forme...If you have been on pins and needles breathlessly anticipating a warm hearted adventure filled with talking dragons, sugarplums, and fairies , then Selby s The Winter Road probably isn t what you ve been waiting for It s a fantasy adventure but one that would make all Cimmerians proud It features a battle hardened aging mercenary battling against impossible odds It s grim, gritty, dark, foreboding, and filled with nasty sword fights with bloody consequences Indeed, it s a world where the If you have be...He falls and I get down on his chest and my good hand seeks his face, shoving it into the earth to stop its writhing, drive my one good thumb through an eye far as it ll go A shout behind me, I twist to jump clear but the spear goes through me Out my front it comes, clean out of my guts Oh, my heart.This is one of those books that I held to my chest while tears poured down my face once I had finished It was such a beautifully brutal story I was both emotionally exhausted and physically He falls and I get down on his chest and my good hand seeks his face, shoving it into the earth to stop its writhing, drive my one good thumb through an eye far as it ll go A shout behind me, I twist to jump clear but the spear goes through me Out my fro...This review can also be found on my blog The Tattooed Book Geek started reading The Winter Road the day before Red Dead Redemption 2 came out To say that I had been eagerly awaiting the release of that game would be a massive understatement I have waited years to get my cowboy and Old West fix, years Saying that, however, I played some of the game it has a slow start but it s good Alas, only time will tell if it is as good as the first RDR game This review can also be found on my blog The Tattooed Book Geek started reading The Winter Road the day before Red Dead Redemption 2 came out To say that I had been eagerly awaiting the release of that game would be a massive understatement I have waited years to get my cowboy and Old West fix, years Saying that, however, I played some of the game it has a slow start but it s good Alas, only time will tell if it is as good as the first RDR game but found myself inexplicably drawn back to Selby s book Given the opportunity over the past weekend to either play RDR 2 or read The Winter Road At every opportunity I chose to read So, yeah, the biggest endorsement I can give The Winter Road is that I chose the book over the game that I ve been absolutely dying for and that my friends should tell you how fucking amazing this book is.I have ...4 1 2 starsAdrian Selby s name has been on the tongues of many readers lately and it s mostly glowing in nature THE WINTER ROAD is the Welsh author s second full length novel the first being Snakewood, set in the same world as this one It was with a great deal of excitement that I was able to procure an advance copy of his latest novel just as the aforementioned buzz was reaching its pinnacle The story of THE WINTER ROAD takes place in an area of land known as The Circle The C...The Winter Road by Adrian Selby absolutely gripped me, start to finish Teyr Amondsen is one of the best characters I ve ever read She s an absolute force of nature, a stone cold badass, but with a fierce ambition to prove herself while making life better for people in and around The Circle.I won t add to the book s blurb, but I ll just put down what made me love The Winter Road The writing and crafting of this book is beautiful, from the bloody start to the bittersweet end I found the style The Winter Road by Adrian Selby absolutely gripped me, start to finish Teyr Amondsen is one of the best characters I ve ever read She s an absolute force of nature, a stone cold badass, but with a fierce ambition to prove herself while making life better for people in and around The Circle.I won t add to the book s blurb, but I ll just put down what made me love The Winter Road The writing and crafting of this book is beautiful, from the bloody start to the bitt...I had seen a few blogger friends of mine rate this book highly so I decided to check it out I went into it cold, I had no idea what the book was going to be about or even what genre it was what I got was a darker high fantasyTeyr was once a mercenary, but has since found love and adopted her husband s son, treating the boy like her own I found her to be a very different kind of militant, humanized by her love, passion, and a desire to have a do over at life She kills when she needs to, but I had seen a few blogger friends of mine rate this book highly so I decided to check it out I went into it cold, I had no idea what the book was going to be about or even what genre it was what I got was a darker high fantasyTeyr was once a mercenary, but has since found love and adopted her husband s son, treating the boy like her own I found her to be a very different kind of militant, humanized by her love, passion, and a desire to have a do over at life She kills when she ne...

• English
• 16 August 2019
Adrian Selby
• Paperback
• 496 pages
• 0316465887
• Adrian Selby
• The Winter Road