Books with author S G Turner

★★★★★ IHIBRP Award for Excellence in Writing 2020 ★★★★★It is not a peaceful time in the kingdom ... especially when an old enemy returns from the past.The clans have won the battle, but the emperor seeks to win the war. So when the clan leader accepts an invitation from the Imperial Palace in Ataxata to sign a peace treaty - tensions run very high. However, when Namir doesn't return, and his escort is washed up dead, his people fear the worst. Now the clans will come together in a race against time to enlist the help of hidden deities, forgotten tribes and ancient civilizations; with one sole purpose - to find the chieftain and save the future of his kingdom.And only one thing is certain - there will be blood.'It's not until you're broken that you discover what's worth fighting for.'Excerpt:'On the other side of the world, some ten thousand miles away, a lone man sat in a small tavern, at a candlelit table, surrounded by darkness and drunken strangers. Golden streaks of tangled limp hair reached his shoulders while a heavy woollen cloak hung almost to the ground - covering a torn grey shirt and tired worn breeches. A paralytic lout on the street had lost his shoes to him, plus a handful of loose change. Under the growth of a few days stubble a handsome face was etched, though some would argue it didn't exist at all. The saturated straw didn't bother him either as he supped on his ale, and he barely noticed the pungent aroma of body odour and stale beer. Outside, was a maze of twisting alleyways and hidden corners - best to keep away from those places, people would tell him - but he wasn't scared of those places, nothing scared him anymore.'Magical:★★★★★With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings - but also unlike anything but themselves - this book is perfect for those new to The Kingdom of Durundal series, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: for to know The Kingdom of Durundal is to love it.Pivotal:★★★★★With a cast of characters that are pivotal in all eight books, this is perfect for fans of Outlander and Game of Thrones.

★★★★★ Best Sword and Sorcery Series 2019 ★★★★★A TALE OF SACRIFICE, LOVE AND DEEPEST MAGIC.Being born from a sorceress is supposed to be a blessing not a curse - and The Fates have instructed the daughter of Mawi to change the course of history.Banished to Tarragon Island to hone her craft, Sansara is the chosen one - and the challenges are intense. Facing dangers, isolation, and hidden magic, the struggle can be too much for a woman on her own. So when the mysterious Raoul is shipwrecked on her island, she is torn between their strong connection and the sense that something feels very wrong.But the Fates are watching closely, because Sansara has the future of the kingdom on her shoulders.In the end, with everything against her, can she find the strength to fulfil the prophecy?Excerpt:'Whatever you read now you must believe. I will tell you things that seem impossible and highly improbable. But remember that we live in a world where everything is decided by what we can see and what we touch. If we can't see it or we don't understand it, then we perceive that it doesn't exist. But it does exist, and what may seem impossible here, is in fact highly probable in another world.'Magical ★★★★★With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings - but also unlike anything but themselves - this book is perfect for those new to the world of enchanting magic: for to know the Kingdom of Durundal is to love it. ★★★★★ The series continues with 'Sorceress of the Sapphire' ★★★★★

★★★★★ Award Winning Sword and Sorcery Series 2019 ★★★★★ In the Kingdom of Durundal; hearts will be broken, loved ones lost and thrones burned - and only one thing is certain - there will be blood.Lyall has lived and breathed nightmares since he was fourteen years old. He believed he knew every horror and was beyond surprise. He was wrong. When General Domitrius Corbulo launches a brutal attack on Castle Dru in Durundal, he slaughters everyone inside. Everyone that is - except a young prince.However, two years after surviving the attack and finding salvation in a clan, Lyall is one of many captives captured and taken to Ataxata to fight in the Killing Games. But the man who is training him to be a gladiator, is the same man who butchered and killed his parents.Fuelled with anger and hatred, there is only one person who can help Lyall escape and finally get retribution. Though as danger lurks at every turn, and guards prowl every corner, the situation seems hopeless. But is it? Sometimes only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Lyall has yet to discover what he is capable of.'An intoxicating tale of monsters, heroes, and survival... as pure as a whisper, as delicate as a thought, as dangerous as a wolf in the dark.'Deliciously epic, this second book in the series introduces a cast of characters that play a pivotal role in all eight books. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Game of Thrones.Excerpt:The weather seemed to change within minutes of them standing there. A rough wind brought clouds the colour of granite with sheets of driving rain, while the pallor of the November sky closed in upon the mountains cloaking them in mist and obscuring the moon. And for all the tightly secure windows, there must have been a small crack in one of the panes, because every now and again little tears of rain ran down the inside and collected in pools on the edge of the sill. Somewhere in the distance a wolf howled, the queen shivered, the king moistened his dry mouth. The lone wolf was mourning, and it hung like a shroud over the weeping castle.Magical: ★★★★★With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings - but also unlike anything but themselves - this book is perfect for those new to the Kingdom of Durundal series, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: for to know the Kingdom of Durundal is to love it.Pivotal★★★★★With a cast of characters pivotal in all eight books, this promises to be an immersive experience. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Game of Thrones.

★★★★★ Award Winning Sword and Sorcery Series 2019 ★★★★★ Saskia remembers when the soil of Durundal hummed with peace, but everything changed the night her home was attacked.Captured and taken to Hezekiah Hall, she is incarcerated in a remote tower while her people are shackled and branded as slaves. Though help from an unlikely source promises to groom her into a deadly assassin ... with one condition. But she'll do anything to win freedom for her people ... no matter the consequences. 'On my blood, I will triumph over my enemies ... let the bloody battle begin.'Excerpt:'You might be my nemesis now, but I do not fear you. You think you have the power to destroy me, to keep me here, to imprison me - but you are wrong. I am the power - and one day I will destroy you. On that day I will see you as a blade of grass on the ground, and cast aside your illusion of grandeur. Your face of stone will be like a veil of silk to me, a soft cushion of feathers, a bed of straw. I will escape your clutches and take flight like the owl. I will camouflage myself like the moth and I will look back at you with my huge vacuoles and watch you crumble into the pits of the earth - and then I will be gone from here forever.'Magical ★★★★★With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings - but also unlike anything but themselves - this book is perfect for those new to the Kingdom of Durundal series, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: for to know the Kingdom of Durundal is to love it.Pivotal★★★★With a cast of characters that are pivotal in all eight books, this promises to be an immersive experience. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Game of Thrones.

E.S. Turner's first book, published in 1948, is a wholly original, richly researched and uncommonly insightful study of a somewhat disreputable genre: the 'Boys' Weekly' papers commonly known as 'penny dreadfuls.''A classic of its kind... [Turner] ploughed through back numbers of the old blood-and-thunder adventure magazines specialising in cliffhanger serials; the young hero would be left hanging over a cliff in a totally impossible situation, which would be easily resolved in the next issue: 'With one bound Jack was free.' Social history had never been as much fun or, with three extra printings in its first week - such was the demand - as profitable.' Jonathan Sale, Guardian 'Some people felt that E.S. Turner may have invented a new kind of book - the popular social history, very British, very funny, but written with a glistening elegance.'Andrew O'Hagan, London Review of Books