The Proof House: The Fencer Trilogy Volume 3
By (Author) K. J. Parker
Little, Brown Book Group
Orbit
30th November 2000
United Kingdom
Paperback
608
Width 109mm, Height 178mm, Spine 38mm
390g
COLOURS IN THE STEEL and THE BELLY OF THE BOW, the first two volumes of the Fencer Trilogy, introduced a remarkable new voice in fantasy fiction. THE PROOF HOUSE is the final volume in K.J. Parker's brilliant Fencer Trilogy. After years spent in the saps under the defences of the apparently impregnable city of Ap' Iscatoy, Bardas Loredan, sometime fencer-at- law and the betrayed defender of the famed Triple City, is suddenly a hero of the Empire. His reward is a boring administrative job in a backwater, watching armour tested to destruction in the Proof House. But the fall of Ap' Iscatoy has opened up unexpected possibilities for the expansion of the Empire into the land of the Plains people, and Bardas Loredan is the one man Temrai the Great, King of the Plains tribes, fears the most. Look out for more information on this book and others on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
'From the first page, it has style, humour and pace all its own, and develops rapidly into one of the most entertaining fantasy debuts in recent years.Refreshing, fun, thoughtful, different, absorbing' SFX 'A massively enjoyable adventure' BLACK TEARS on THE BELLY OF THE BOW 'Action-packed adventure ... An intriguing tale of magic, manipulation and revenge' STARBURST
Having worked in the journalism and the law, K. J. Parker now writes and makes things out of wood and metal.