Ash
2000 • 1,120 pages

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Average rating4.1

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Probably the biggest fantasy novel ever published in a single volume, Mary Gentle's magnificent tale of the gutsy and beautiful mercenary leader Ash will take you on an unforgettable ride through medieval Europe as it never quite was:

For Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armor, and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. But she doesn't realize that the voice in her head is not the Lord and His Saints, but something far, far stranger...

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Series

3 primary books

The Book of Ash

The Book of Ash is a 3-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2000 with contributions by Mary Gentle.

Carthage Ascendant
The Wild Machines
Lost Burgundy

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February 13, 2015

Great start, then got annoying with the forced marriage. Stopped reading, may consider flipping forward and reading if the marriage junk disappears.

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