The Path Of Flames

One reviewer said The Path of Flames should be up for a Gemmel award. And I wholly agree. This is one of the best examples of what indie fiction can bring to the reading table. Path of Flames is wonderfully written, viciously exciting, and can stand shoulder to shoulder with anything written by David Gemmel. If you love heroic action fantasy in the vein of Gemmel, or the dark grittiness of Brent Weeks' Night Angel series or the grimdark military setting of the Black Company, or you will find yourself absolutely delighted with Phil Tucker's Chronicles of the Black Gate.The Path of Flames (first book in the Chronicles of the Black Gate) may be indie fantasy but deserves to be picked up by a large publisher. Yes, it's that good. I'm just sad that it took me until late 2017 to read this book, otherwise it would have been near the top of this 'best indie fantasy' list when it came out! Note that this book took #2 in Mark Lawrence's 2016 SFBO (Self Published Fantasy Blog Off) competition, beating out a good hundred other fantasy books.So. If you haven't picked this one up and you want to dip your toe into the world of indie fantasy, I can recommend no better entry than The Path of Flames. It's a crackling good read.And someone please give the author a Gemmell award. He deserves the shit out of it.