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Priest of Gallows

War for the Rose Throne (Book 3)

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Gangster, soldier, priest. Queen's Man. Governor.
Tomas Piety has everything he ever wanted. In public he's a wealthy, highly respected businessman, happily married to a beautiful woman and Governor of his home city of Ellinburg. In private, he's no longer a gang lord but one of the Queen's Men, invisible and officially non-existent, working in secret to protect his country.

But when the queen's sudden death sees him summoned him back to the capital, he discovers his boss, Dieter Vogel, Provost Marshal of the Queen's Men, is busy tightening his stranglehold on the country.

Just as he once fought for his Pious Men, he must now bend all his wit and hard-won wisdom to protect his queen - but now he can't always tell if he's on the right side.

Tomas has started to ask himself, what is the price of power? And more importantly, is it one he is willing to pay?

(P)2021 Quercus Editions Limited

Critics Review

Stunning. Best book of the year by a spear length and then some
ANNA SMITH SPARK, author of Empires of Dust, on PRIEST OF GALLOWS
Mclean writes fantasy that feels slick, modern, and pulls few punches. Pacey writing lends subtle weight to the gritty themes explored as The War for the Rose Throne gathers ever more speed
ED MCDONALD, bestselling author of the RAVEN'S MARK series on on PRIEST OF GALLOWS
A brilliant story . . . that's full of invention, surprise and MacLean's knack for complex, morally grey characters
TRACK OF WORDS on PRIEST OF GALLOWS
If you like your fantasy with a side of dark and gritty, you won't want to miss this
CHRISTINA HENRY, bestselling author of The Girl in Red on PRIEST OF LIES
Utterly unputdownable
TRACK OF WORDS on PRIEST OF GALLOWS in 'Best SFF of 2021'
A brilliant world
GRIMDARK MAGAZINE on PRIEST OF GALLOWS
This series rocks!
FANTASY BOOK CRITIC on PRIEST OF GALLOWS
The first two books in this series were a great deal of fun so I had high hopes for book three. I'm glad to report that I was not at all disappointed. I'm beyond pleased to note that we are not quite done with the adventures of Tomas Piety and the rest of the Pious Men yet. Highly recommended
THE ELOQUENT PAGE on PRIEST OF GALLOWS
An enigma. It manages to be light and dark, clean but dirty, harsh but fair, full of love and equally full of death. It's an awesome story, one that grabs you from the first line and doesn't let go until the finale when it slams you to the ground
FANTASY HIVE on PRIEST OF LIES
The politics of The Godfather meets the grit of Gangs of New York . . . a dark, dirty, foul-mouthed triumph of grimdark gangster heist novels. If Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch) had a bigger, uglier, more violent brother, his name would be Tomas Piety. Amid the violence and the stink of the Ellinburg, though, there's camaraderie and trust, concern for the wellbeing of the poor and a rusty sort of honour among thieves
ANNA STEPHENS, bestselling author of the Godblind trilogy, on PRIEST OF BONES
Priest of Lies is pretty damn exceptional . . . the ending is stunning . . . an author who is on top of his game
GRIMDARK MAGAZINE on PRIEST OF LIES
A hell of a good time, and serves up a damn fine cliffhanger
FANTASY BOOK REVIEW
Clever storytelling and beautifully immersive prose. Priest of Lies digs deeper and hits harder, getting darker by the chapter, with astonishing surprises around each and every corner. I'm really looking forward to seeing what blood-soaked mischief Tomas gets into next. If you haven't yet picked up this riveting and unique series, I highly recommend you do
FANTASY BOOK CRITIC on PRIEST OF LIES
Managing to be exciting, narratively taut and a commentary on the terrible things war and violence do to people is no mean feat, but Peter McLean manages it with Priest of Bones. I wish I had written this
R.J. BARKER, bestselling author of Blood of Assassins, on PRIEST OF BONES
Let me just tell you that Peter McLean knows how to fucking write!
PARSECS AND PARCHMENT
This is the best entry into the series yet and I couldn't put it down
FANFIADDICT
I can't remember the last time I read such a consistently good series as The War for the Rose Throne. Characterization in these books is phenomenal
GEEK DAD
A powerful and moving urban fantasy that I found myself completely immersed in
MUSE’S BOOK JOURNAL
Author Peter McLean
Narrator David Morley Hale
Series War for the Rose Throne
Duration 13 hours and 19 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529411331
Format Audiobook
Publisher Quercus
Genre Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Fantasy, Historical fantasy
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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