Series: Iron Covenant, book 1
Author: Ilona Andrews
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Nancy Yost Literary Agency, Inc.
Date: June 26, 2018
Length: x pages
I own this book, Ilona Andrews is an auto buy for me
No day is ordinary in a world where Technology and Magic compete for supremacy…But no matter which force is winning, in the apocalypse, a sword will always work.
Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, served only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master has cast him aside. Hugh is a shadow of the warrior he was, but when he learns that the Iron Dogs, soldiers who would follow him anywhere, are being hunted down and murdered, he must make a choice: to fade away or to be the leader he was born to be. Hugh knows he must carve a new place for himself and his people, but they have no money, no shelter, and no food, and the necromancers are coming. Fast.
Elara Harper is a creature who should not exist. Her enemies call her Abomination; her people call her White Lady. Tasked with their protection, she's trapped between the magical heavyweights about to collide and plunge the state of Kentucky into a war that humans have no power to stop. Desperate to shield her people and their simple way of life, she would accept help from the devil himself—and Hugh d’Ambray might qualify.
Hugh needs a base, Elara needs soldiers. Both are infamous for betraying their allies, so how can they create a believable alliance to meet the challenge of their enemies?
As the prophet says: “It is better to marry than to burn.”
Hugh and Elara may do both.
Description from Goodreads
Back in 2015, Ilona and Gordon (i.e. Ilona Andrews) thought they had a great April Fools Day joke, turn Hugh d'Ambray (a villain) into the hero of a super stereotypical romance novel. They believed that their regular blog readers would realize it was a joke. Some did and some didn't, but the general consensus was that this book needed to be a real thing. Three years later they announced Iron and Magic. I remember reading the original post. I thought it would be impossible to make me like Hugh, but if anyone could do it, Ilona and Gordon could. And boy, did they make me root for that asshole.
Trigger warning: Hugh is suicidal and he struggles with it throughout the book.
Also, mild spoilers ahead.
Trigger warning: Hugh is suicidal and he struggles with it throughout the book.
Also, mild spoilers ahead.
