SPFBO 10 Champions’ League: The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
French deserves credit for doing something original with grimdark genre and creating a setting quite different to what you will usually have read.
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Jonathan French Interview – The Grey Bastards
JC Kang
Many of you will remember both Jonathan French and his book, The Grey Bastards, as the winners of the 2nd annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off in 2017. Since then the…
The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French
In my review of Phil Tucker’s The Siege of Abythos, I felt like that guy at a sports stadium, trying to start the wave, in my attempt to make the…
Worldbuilding Round Table with Jonathan French, Alec Hutson, and Phil Tucker
Of the fantasy books I have read this year, three of my favorites have been Alec Hutson’s Crimson Queen, Jonathan French’s The Grey Bastards (winner of SPFBO 2016), and Phil…
Tough Travels: Non-Human Heroes
Laura M. Hughes
At the start of every month, Fantasy-Faction will lead you (yes, YOU!) on a tour of the fantasy genre. From high to low, from classics to new releases, from epic…
The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French – SPFBO Review
Mr. French, the pacing of your novel is truly brilliant. Starting with a *bang* and then racing from conflicts and schemes to plot twists and battles, Bastards is what one…