The Heresy Within

If you are looking for some indie fantasy that tastes of Grimdark, The Heresy Within by Rob Hayes is some of the best in the self pub fantasy world you'll find. So why read it? It's dark, bloody, and violent â the quality we all love in some good grimdark fantasy. Even better, there are three books in the trilogy with the other two sequels waiting for you as soon as you tear though The Heresy Within.I like this book a lot and I feel it's one of the best standout indie fantasy books / series you can lay your hands on right now. Indeed, The Heresy Within took our own 2014 âBest Independent Fantasy Novel' award. Technically, Rob Hayes is now published with Ragnarok Publications and because of such is technically a hybrid published author -- that publishing space existing between indie and traditionally published; the same shelf-space that fellow self-pub alumni Michael J Sullivan, David Dalglish, Anthony Ryan and many of the other self-published superstars now seem to occupy.But since his roots are firmly founded in the self pub space (and his new books often ONLY appear digitally distributed on Amazon), I've listed his book here on this list. Just keep in mind that Hayes' work is good enough to land a publishing contract with a well-known and respected publisher in the fantasy space. So if you are in the mood for something dirty and dark with heroes that are complete bastards surviving in an unforgiving, take-no-prisoner's world, I highly recommend this one. Fans of gritty fantasy from the likes of Abercrombie's First Law. Week's Night Angel series, and Angus Watson's The Iron Age, will find themselves right at home reading The Heresy Within. The book will cost you less than $3 dollars and is nearly 600 pages, so there's plenty of value to be had for what you will pay. So yes, I highly recommend you read this book (and sequel books) to see some of the best gritty fantasy the indie market has so far produced.