Author:Geraint Jones

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE BLOOD FOREST
'A BLOODY PAGE-TURNER' Mail on Sunday
For fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden, a spectacular debut where honour and duty, legions and tribes clash in bloody, heart-breaking glory . . .
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AD 9. Fifteen thousand battle-hardened Roman legionaries strike deep into dense forest. Awaiting them are deadly, hostile Germanic tribes. In a clearing they find twelve massacred and strung-up legionaries.
Is this a threat, or a warning?
There is just one bloodied, broken survivor. He has no idea who he is. Only that he is a soldier.
And now he must fight. As the legions are mercilessly cut down, the nameless soldier joins a small band of survivors trapped in the forest. If they fight together they have a slim chance of staying alive.
But whose side is the soldier on? And is it the right one?
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'Blood and guts, but also a clever exploration of the moral ambiguity of war and loyalty to a flag' Mail on Sunday
'Gives Rome's legionaries a contemporary voice - brutal, audacious and fast paced' Anthony Riches, author of the Empire series
'Historical fiction written by a real war veteran who knows all there is to know about blood and bonding in battle. An earthy and powerful read' Sport
'A bloody page-turner' Mail on Sunday
They call him Felix. A lost soldier without a memory and now a brutal battle to win.
For fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden, a spectacular debut where honour and duty, legions and tribes clash in bloody, heart-breaking glory . . .
A blood-soaked page-turner
—— Mail on SundayGives Rome's legionaries a contemporary voice - this is brutal, audacious and fast paced writing
—— Anthony Riches, author of Empire seriesHistorical fiction written by a real war veteran who knows all there is to know about blood and bonding in battle. An earthy and powerful read
—— SportWhat Albert renders on the page is audacious: with resounding success, she keeps a firm grip on her characters and their stories, and her prose weaves a magic of its own, animating the ever-expanding fantastical premise through lyrical language, striking metaphor, and a mastery of tone that forces readers to feel the magic along with the underlying emotional stakes.
—— BooklistMelissa Albert deftly weaves her magic once again between our world and the fairy tale realm of the Hinterland. The Night Country is a new modern classic filled with wondrous delights and daring forays into the dark. Not to be missed!
—— Kim Liggett, author of The Grace YearThe Night Country is so deliciously creepy?the kind of puzzle box nightmare you have to see through to the end. One of the most unputdownable books I've read in a long time.
—— Emily X. R. Pan, author of The Astonishing Color of AfterPraise for The Hazel Wood
—— -This eerie debut YA novel puts such a terrifying twist on classic bedtime stories, you'll not sleep a wink
—— Heat MagazineSimultaneously enticing and fearsome, much like the Hazel Wood of the title ... insidiously beautiful
—— GuardianA bewitching, elegant blend of contemporary thriller and dark fantasy
—— ObserverMAGICAL, MESMERISING AND INVENTIVE
—— Karen McManus, bestselling author of One of Us is LyingTHE HAZEL WOOD KEPT ME UP ALL NIGHT . . . as I fell completely into the dark and beautiful world within its pages. Terrifying, magical, and surprisingly funny, it's one of the very best books I've read in years
—— Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright PlacesA WINDING, CREEPY, INSIDIOUSLY DELICIOUS NOVEL. UTTERLY SPECTACULAR - I read it in one sitting
—— Melinda Salisbury, bestselling author of The Sin Eater’s DaughterTHIS BOOK WILL BE YOUR NEXT OBSESSION. Welcome to the Hazel Wood, where bad luck is a living thing, princesses are doomed, and every page contains a wondrously terrible adventure - it's not safe inside these pages, but once you enter, you may never want to leave.
—— Stephanie Garber, Bestselling Author of CaravalKatz's debut is one that will have readers gripped from the very first words until the last - and a book that will stay with you for a long while afterwards.
—— Her.ie[A] smart debut, both compelling and disturbing, delivered with the kind of confidence that makes me keen to see what Katz will come up with next.
—— A Life in Books Blog[G]ripping debut … Here’s a page-turner you’ll devour before the week is out
—— Stylist Daily NewsletterA razor sharp psychological deconstruction of the motivations, regrets and secrets behind a picture-perfect façade.
—— The WeekWhite-knuckle ride
—— RTE GuideI really wanted to just press the book into anyone’s hands and say ‘please read this’! [...] An important read
—— Bookish ChatReaders hungry for an in-depth study of a man searching for control, power and ownership will find satisfaction in A Good Man. But caveat emptor - this story inevitably hurtles at the end towards a chilling finale
—— Crime ReviewThis stellar debut from Ani Katz had us gripped from the beginning.
—— That’s Life!