Magnificent in every way…

No, I’m not talking about my dress sense, my singing voice or my ability to remain modest in the face of overwhelming loveliness – this is a line from a recent review of Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon.

Over at Science Fiction and Fantasy.co.uk, they also say:

…it is an incredible work of fiction that draws you in from the very beginning and holds your undivided attention until the very last page, leaving you with a distinct feeling of loss knowing there are no further words…

Mike Shevdon has managed to create a masterpiece of literature that excels in every way and Sixty One Nails is a novel I will remember for a very long time.

You know, I think maybe they liked it…

Don’t forget, you can buy it from next week, or pre-order it now from one of those lovely internet-based book emporiums one hears so much about these days…

Meanwhile, that nice young fellow (these things are all relative) Mark Charan Newton has, well, taken the opportunity to get something off his chest…

“I hate Dan Abnett. Why? Because having proved himself the king of noir-infused miltary SF, it takes quite a talent to move easily to something completely different – and this really is a ‘triumffant’ leap in style. Whilst it’s chock-full of nods-of-the-head to the finest of Culture and Art and History, it doesn’t come over as pretentious – because most of all, Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero is a great slice of British fun. The depiction of the cityscape is a brew of heady descriptions, and written with a vast and esoteric vocabulary. And the humour is delivered with a wry smile that will have you guffawing boisterously from your armchair. What’s especially annoying, though, is that this pesky Abnett chap makes such a change of gear in writing and storytelling look so damn easy.”

You can read the whole confession over at Dan Abnett’s blog. And you should.