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The Penitent Damned by Django Wexler, The Shadow Campaings #0.5 Alex is a master thief, with dark magic to give her an edge. When she goes up against Duke Orlanko's Concordat secret police, though, she may have taken on more than she bargained for... Last year Django Wexler published his first book in The Shadow Campaigns series, The Thousand Names , which was followed just a few weeks back by the sequel in the series, The Shadow Throne , where he really had outdone himself, tranforming his storyline into the right direction! When I was adding the book on goodreads I found that there was a short story written prior to the events of The Thousand Names called The Penitent Damned , and since this is now one of my favorite currently running series, there was no other choice than to catch up with it! Django Wexler doesn't hesitate one moment to throw you as a reader in the midst of an assassin/thieving/backstabbing kind of a story. The Penitent Damned is set before The ...

Book Review: The Shadow Throne by Django Wexler, The Shadow Campaigns #2 The King of Vordan is dying, and his daughter, Raesinia, is destined to become the first Queen in centuries. But politics knows no loyalties, especially for Duke Orlanko, Minister of Information and spymaster of the empire. The most feared man in the Vordan will bow his knee to no Queen, unless she is firmly under his influence. Freshly returned from their recent victories in the colonies, Colonel Janus, Marcus and Winter must play a new and far deadlier game than the open warfare of the front, using all their talents, earthly or supernatural. Last year Django Wexler was one of the authors to lead the flintlock fantasy campaign together with Brian McClellan. In The Thousand Names , the first book in The Shadow Campaigns, Django Wexler showed that he was one of the debuting authors to watch out for. The Thousand Names had a lot of cool things working in its favor that brought you from the first pag...

Author interview with Django Wexler Author bio: Django Wexler graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in creative writing and computer science, and worked for the university in artificial intelligence research. Eventually he migrated to Microsoft in Seattle, where he now lives with two cats and a teetering mountain of books. When not planning Shadow Campaigns, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts. ----------------------------------------------  Hi Django, welcome over to The Book Plank and for taking your time to answer these few questions. BP: First off, could you give us a short introduction as to who Django Wexler is, what are your hobbies, likes and dislikes? DW: I think of myself as pretty typical of my breed, which is "computer/SFF nerd".  I like to read, obviously, and I like games of almost any sort -- tabletop games, board games, war games, video ga...

The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler Alice always thought fairy tales had happy endings. That--along with everything else--changed the day she met her first fairy When Alice's father goes down in a shipwreck, she is sent to live with her uncle Geryon--an uncle she's never heard of and knows nothing about. He lives in an enormous manor with a massive library that is off-limits to Alice. But then she meets a talking cat. And even for a rule-follower, when a talking cat sneaks you into a forbidden library and introduces you to an arrogant boy who dares you to open a book, it's hard to resist. Especially if you're a reader to begin with. Soon Alice finds herself INSIDE the book, and the only way out is to defeat the creature imprisoned within. It seems her uncle is more than he says he is. But then so is Alice. Last year I was introduced to Django Wexler's adult flintlock fantasy The Thousand Names and nominated as one of the best debut of 2013. I thor...

The Thousand Names by Django Wexler, The Shadow Campaigns #1 In the desert colony of Khandar, a dark and mysterious magic, hidden for centuries, is about to emerge from darkness. Marcus d’ Ivoire, senior captain of the Vordanai Colonials, is resigned to serving out his days in a sleepy remote outpost, when a rebellion leaves him in charge of a demoralised force in a broken down fortress. Winter Ihernglass, fleeing her past and masquerading as a man, just wants to go unnoticed. Finding herself promoted to a command, she mut rise to the challenge and fight impossible odds to survive. Their fates rest in the hands of an enigmatic new Colonel, sent to restore order while following his own mysterious agenda into the realm of the supernatural. Ever since finding out about The Thousand Names I just wanted to read this book. Having been termed with “flintlock fantasy”, the beautiful cover and the interesting synopsis, this book just had to be great. And you know what i...