Kyron and his mercenary army have taken the Marhingian capital, killed the King and most of the Kingdom’s nobles. Kyron now must decide if this is a raid or a conquest and, if a conquest, how he will organize his newly gained Kingdom. King Kyron the First sounds pretty good to a farmboy from Malia, he has to admit. Unfortunately, the neighbors are acting anything but neighborly, and someone’s trying to assassinate him. If that weren’t enough, his old friend Prince Nalren and the Kingdom of Framland are threatened by their neighbors. It appears Kyron’s life was never meant to be easy!
rhodanblog 
I’ve enjoyed all of your books in this series. Is there any possibility that you might release them in audio format? Several authors are releasing their books in virtual audio to cut down on costs. I bought some of the virtual audio books, and they’re not bad.
Thanks for all the hours of reading pleasure.
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I’m looking at audio options – just not rushing (i.e procrastinating) My first audiobook (On The Rocks) has just broken even on the relatively low setup costs after 4 years so I haven;t pushed the whole audiobook thing for that reason.
I promise to do something this year!
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I’ve noted from their blogs that dealing with audiobook themselves has disrupted other writers’ writing, causing them significant delays in finishing new books. If it can be handled by publisher/editor and make a profit, well and good, but if it reduces your output and you rely upon the income, not so much so.
John
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By the way, I enjoyed this latest installment of Kyron’s story.
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Thanks
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Loved Kyron the Warlord – great battle scenes, but especially the characters. Refreshingly human, normal and sensible. especially sensible… man that is rare in some fantasy. No for another round of Arturo and the Taxon War..
Just one small point.. there is a comment about armor where its said Bronze is lighter than iron. Nope – its a LOT heavier than iron and especially steel. Bronze is harder than iron and most steel as well, but shatters on impact. You need to case harden steel to make it harder than bronze. Bronze came first because tin and copper have such low melt points. Also, most ‘bronzes’ were made of copper and arsenic – soft, poisonous and pretty useless (hence all those lame smiths in mythology – arsenic screws the legs, lungs and feet) . Tin bronze came later and tin was expensive and uncommon – hence the swap to iron when it became available – but unlike the original arsenic bronze, not poisonous.
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I have actually held a bronze helmet and an iron one (roman monterferino late republican early imperial type) and the bronze was lighter. Significantly lighter so your observation is interesting.
I think also – just subjective – that bronze scale armor on a leather backing is lighter chain armor – but no hard evidence here. Chain is fuking heavy!
Thanks for the info though.
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Oh – thanks for the bit about battle scenes. Its hard to write exciting battle scenes that are authentic and still give them the excitement that Hollywood free-for-alls seem to engender with audiences.
Why anyone bothers watching a ridley scott “historical” epic is beyond me. Absolute unhistorical trash – the lot of them
And yes I know some are dramatic and exciting vbut so is Game of Thrones and generally I prefer that series’ battle scenes to anything Scott has done
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