The Bone Ships

{ NOV 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 512 pages Published: 2019 British Fantasy Society Best Fantasy Novel (2020) A brilliantly imagined saga of honor, glory, and warfare, The Bone Ships is the epic launch of a new fantasy from David Gemmell Award-nominated RJ Barker. Two nations at war. A prize beyond compare. For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragons to fight an endless war. The dragons disappeared, but the battles for supremacy persisted. Now the first dragon in centuries has been spotted in far-off waters, and both sides see a chance to shift the balance of power in their favour. Because whoever catches it will win not only glory, but the war. “They are rabble! Nothing! We are Fleet! We are Hundred Isles!” And all around Joron glances [...]were exchanged, small smiles crept on to tanned and scarred faces and her words were repeated, becoming loud and strong as the arrows rained down. He thought her a madwoman, but it seemed Meas’s words were true as not one arrow found flesh . . . Women and men around them were shouting now. “We are Fleet! We are Hundred Isles!” Were they all mad, was this what battle did to women and men? Meas straightened, held her sword held aloft as she stared out over the rail. Arrows fell about her, bounced off the deck, stuck in the bonerail, left her untouched. “Come to me!” she shouted to those on the sea. “Come and die at the hand of Lucky Meas and her crew!”