This review of The Queen of Swords appeared previously in Historical Novels Review November 2017.
Engaging Kick-ass Heroines
“The best you could hope for were good charts, good memories, maps of love, family and friendship to help you find your course through loss and disappointment, straight and sure.” This conclusion drawn by Maude, one of Belcher’s two extremely engaging heroines, is an excellent summary of the book’s positive theme, despite monsters and evil forces that haunt the novel, the kick-ass heroines who don’t follow the rules, and a cynical streak a mile wide.
Queen of Swords, Dark Fantasy, Positive Take
This is a dark fantasy, stretching across Belcher’s Weird West to London of 1870 and Africa of 1721, but it’s also all about the ties of friends and family. Nothing is stronger or more enduring in Belcher’s world, so bring on the mankind-destroying creatures. This is third in Belcher’s Golgotha series about the Daughters of Lilith, women who partake of her blood and a lot of cool training to become protectors of humans against the giant wurms and other evils that most of us are blessedly unaware of. He builds awe-inspiring worlds and fully-developed characters, both primary and secondary, that suck the reader in. Delightful fun from beginning to end.
Further Reading or Purchase
For more about the prolific author and his many books, you may go to R.S. Belcher’s Goodreads page.
If you want to read this book, here’s where to purchase Queen of Swords on Amazon (affiliate link)
Or, if you’d like to start with the first book in this series (Golgotha), here’s where to purchase a copy The Six Gun Tarot on Amazon (affiliate link)
For another dark fantasy with a lot of heart, you may read my review of The Undertakers by Nicole Glover.