The Marching Dead

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The sequel toThe Corpse-Rat King. Find the dead a King, save himself, win the love of his life, live happily ever after. No wonder Marius dos Helles is bored. But now Keth, his one love, is missing. Gerd has re-entered his life, and something has stopped the dead from, well, dying. It's up to Marius, Gerd, and Gerd's not-dead-enough Granny to journey across the continent and put the dead back in the afterlife where they belong. But someone has the dead riled up and spoiling for a fight, and now the dead are marching. File Under- Fantasy Dead Not Buried | Relatively Insane | Marching Orders | No Rest

Reviews

Battersby absolutely nails the narrative style, balancing humour and horror,fantasy and felony. Its another quick-moving, well-written story that amuses,excites, and concludes with some rather deep, and remarkably heavy musingson the subjects of life, death, and the afterlife or the lack thereof.
Bob Milne,Beauty in Ruins

With this sequel, Battersby kicked up everything I loved about the first novel by a notch or two world-building, storytelling, hilarity, and most of all, characters who just made me punch the air over and over again, usually while laughing.
Kate Of Mind

Praise for The Corpse-Rat King

A stunning debut novel, well-crafted and grotesquely inventive.With its madcap story, unforgettable characters and fine balance betweenhumour and pathos,The Corpse-Rat Kingticks all the boxes.Fans of Joe Abercrombie will love this.
Juliet Marillier, award-winning author of theSevenwatersseries andBrideis Chronicles

The Corpse-Rat Kingis rugged,muscular fantasy, sure to please those who like their adventures rougharound the edges, with wit and style to burn.
Karen Miller, author ofThe Innocent Mageand theGodspeakertrilogy

One of the best books of 2012, nailed on. Brilliant.
Steven Savile, author ofLondon Macabre,Black Chaliceand many more.

Wry, absurdist, and pleasantly cynical, Battersbys debut will appeal to fans of Scott LynchsThe Lies of Locke Lamoraand Terry PratchettsGoing Postal.
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

This is a tale of con-men, their victims and the undead, and will appeal to fans of Scott Lynch or Mark Lawrence, or anyone who likes a not-so-loveable rogue. 8 out of 10.
Ed Fortune,StarburstMagazine

If you had a wish list every time you read a book great characters, story, pace, writing that you ticked off every time you came across one of them, youd soon wear out your pencil while readingThe Corpse-Rat King.
Katy ODowd forThe British Fantasy Society

The last three-fourths of this book are beyond spectacular. Lee Battersby definitely saved the best for last in this unforgettable tale of death, dead things, and more awesome dead stuff.
Liam atThe Troubled Scribe

This was a novel that I thoroughly enjoyed and will gleefully recommend, without reservation.
Bob Milne,Beauty in Ruins

The Corpse Rat Kingis fast, furious, and Fun. In a genre that can so often take itself far too seriously its a hugely refreshing read. Battersby is a wonderfully fresh new voice.
Zoe Oliver,Fantasy Bytes

The Corpse-Rat Kingis the very definition of a great story; the perfect concoction of old world fantasy, intrigue, adventure and full-bodied characters that sweep you deeper into the story with each turn of the page.
Greg Chapman,Thirteen OClock

This book was outstanding! The author, Lee Battersby should be proud to have written such an amazing masterpiece of imagination, sarcasm and fantastic inventiveness
Melinda le Baron,Melindas Bibliophile Blog

The Corpse-Rat Kingis different enough to appeal to most readers while the engaging, intelligent and wildly different narrative should keep any reader glued to the pages, a brilliant dbut from a promising talent.
Ant,SFBook.com

I like my humor like I like my chocolate dark.The Corpse-Rat Kinggave me plenty of those laugh out loud moments. I could imagine the main character played by Bruce Campbell. The story marched along at a fast pace with plenty of gags.
Barry Huddlestone,Gnostalgia

If youre looking for an interesting new voice in fantasy and an entertaining read, look no further than Lee Battersby and his debutThe Corpse-Rat King.
Mieneke van der Salm,A Fantastical Librarian

A very unusual and inventive examination of the age old fantasy and mythology staple, the Realm of the Dead
Gav atMass Movement Magazine

There are a lot of things to like in this debut novel from Battersby. If you are into weirdness and / or reprehensible knaves, I think you will get a real kick out of this story.
Ryan Lawler,Fantasy Book Review

The Corpse-Rat Kingis an absurd and fantastical tale of a man about to learn the error of his ways the hard way.
Hannah Mariksa,My Book Journey

Bawdy, inventive, and often darkly funny,The Corpse-Rat Kingis an entertaining and surprising fantasy adventure.
Scott Pearson, The Pacific Northwest Writers AssociationsAuthor Magazine

A word about a part of this book that I really appreciate in books, itsitshumour:impertinent, pungent and grotesque found throughout the story. Whether in dialogue or in situations, there is always something to smile or laugh. This is not just a book of undead (or living dead for Marius) but a true adventure book, funny and epic. I give it 4/ 5.
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Author Bio

Lee Battersby was born in Nottingham, UK, in 1970 and moved to Australia at the age of 5, bringing his parents with him for protection. A multiple award-winning author of over 70 short stories in Australia, the US and Europe, He writes across a wide range of forms, including poetry, reviews, stand-up comedy and film, and has taught writing for both Clarion South and the Australian Writers Marketplace. He lives in Mandurah, Western Australia, with his wife, writer Lyn Battersby, and a brood of increasingly weird children. His long-running weblog, the Battersblog, is archived by Australia's National Library as an electronic source of log-term research value, which amuses him greatly. The author lives in Mandurah, Australia.