Age of iron angus watson

His second trilogy, west of west, is the epic tale of vikings crossing a fantasy north america a thousand years ago. Age of iron by angus watson, 9780356502618, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The story takes place in britain during the first several years of roman invasion around 40 ad. The land is populated by strapping warriors, powerhungry kings, and enigmatic druids, all battling for survival and supremacy. Angus watson is an author and journalist living in london. I loved the setting of iron age britain and the way angus watson managed to combine real history with fantasy fiction. Watson s 3rd and final book in the iron age trilogy ends with a solid bang. Age of iron the iron age trilogy by angus watson thebookbag.

I listened to age of iron as an audio book and got thoroughly hooked in. Buy age of iron the iron age trilogy by angus watson from amazons fiction books store. Read age of iron by angus watson available from rakuten kobo. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.

Although all 3 books are good, this last one was better than the 2nd one. As a fan of both historical fiction and epic fantasy, angus came up with the idea of writing a fantasy set in the iron age when exploring british hillforts for the. Reign of iron iron age 3 paperback september 29, 2015 by angus watson author. Two places where this book is less than excellent are the pacing of the plot and the description of the setting. Hes written hundreds of features for many newspapers including the times, financial times and the telegraph, and the latter even sent him to look for bigfoot. Some of the early iron age barbarity took me aback as i dont usually read this genre, but actually that gave way to an involving core of characters set against a wider backdrop of preroman britain, living in the very real shadow of the advancing empire. As a fan of both historical fiction and epic fantasy, angus came up with the idea of writing a fantasy set in the iron age when exploring british hillforts for the telegraph, and. The plot doesnt really follow a tempo, and really just collapses into a coherent shape at the end. His epic fantasy trilogy set in the british iron age began in 2014 with age of iron. Dug sealskinner is a downonhisluck mercenary traveling south to join up with king. Join the angus watson mailing list for news and free stuff sign up for the odd email not too many, and receive samples of future novels, age of iron and angus watson news, chances to win stuff and more. It gives them centuries of nothing more than vague information to build upon and in age of iron, the first book in a major new epic fantasy series, watson does this and more quite impressively. Age of iron ended up surprising me in many delightful ways, but what i didnt expect at all was how addicting it was.

Angus watson i wrote all three books straight through, but while writing them i moved house twice, got married, had a baby, continued my new obsession ofmore i wrote all three books straight through, but while writing them i moved house twice, got married, had a baby, continued my new obsession of photographing the landscape around las vegas you can see some of that work on my twitter page. Age of iron iron age, book 1 by angus watson fantastic fiction. Bloodthirsty druids and battlehardened iron age warriors collide in the biggest epic fantasy debut release of 2014. Clash of iron was released in march 2015 and reign of iron was released in september 2015. The land is populated by strapping warriors, powerhungry kings.