Tretta sees it as her duty to get those answers for The Revolution no matter what.Ĭavric Proud: A Low Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army. She’s no nonsense (like her name implies) and wants answers about the crimes Sal has committed before she executes her. She is the commander of Hightower, a Revolutionary outpost-town. Governor-Militant Tretta Stern: Tretta is Sal’s interrogator. She is morally ambiguous, and like her friends and enemies in the book you have to choose whether you like her or not. Sal is a character you aren’t sure whether to love or hate. She spends a lot of time thinking ill of herself for the ways she knows she’ll let everyone down and hurt those around her. She carries two weapons, an imperial sword she calls Jeff, and a magical gun called The Cacophony. She’s on a quest for revenge chasing down a list of mages she wants to kill and will let nothing stand in her way, even friendships and lovers. She in turn hurts and lets down those she loves now. She’s troubled, sarcastic, bitter, and has been hurt by those she loved in her past. There are numerous characters big and small in this book.

What follows is a bloody tale of betrayal and vengeance fit to shake the world. Tretta wants to know what happened in two towns within The Scar (the land in which the story is set, torn between the Imperium and The Revolution) and to a particular soldier of the Revolution, Cavric Proud. Sal is a Vagrant, a special kind of criminal, and she is to be executed once her confession has been given. The book opens with Sal in prison being interrogated by Governor-Militant Tretta Stern for crimes against The Revolution. Seven Blades In Black is the story of Sal The Cacophony, and her quest for revenge. I almost feel it gives too much away and you the reader will enjoy the story more if you’re allowed to experience all its revelations as the narrative unfolds. I usually post the blurb from the back of the book in this spot but I don’t want to do that in this case.

Seven Blades In Black is the dark, gritty, sarcastic, epic, guns, swords, and sorcery revenge story you’ve been wanting, even if you didn’t know it.

I was sent a copy of this book by the publisher.

Seven blades of black