The Maleficent Seven

This was fun! A kind of retelling of the Seven Samurai but with the samurai being horrific nasty evil people. Is the concept silly? No doubt, but the execution is brilliantly done. The basic premise is that a retired warlord (and demonologist of immense power) learns of a new threat to her peaceful existence in a religious nutjob empire trying to expand, so decides to regather her lieutenants (A necromancer, a minor god of war, a pirate queen, an orc champion, a vampire and a mad alchemist) to fight off this bunch of zealots. The moral greyness of the story is exquisite as every character has there own somewhat morally bankrupt reasons for doing things. When the classical villains are the heroes the tropes get played with in very entertaining ways. The interactions between these characters are also very entertaining (no one particularly likes anyone).

Silly but enjoyable fun! Highly recommended