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The Night Guard walk the streets of the old kingdom of Bialta seeking out threats that are beyond the abilities of the common soldier. Nial is one such threat—a girl changed into something “other” and on the hunt for human souls. Salt, a sailor recently rescued by the Night Guard, has been inducted into their ranks. He’s a quick study, but as new threats multiply all around them, will he have what it takes to survive?

Bialta is not alone in its woes. Sacral, a city that vanished in the distant past, has reappeared where it once stood at the heart of the Wastes. Like many of Sacral’s people, Maura is content living a quiet life, ignoring the outside world. But she finds herself desperately fighting to save her home as war comes to the city returned.

Meanwhile, across the Great Desert, creatures are stirring. Carver, the last living master of the magic known as fleshcarving, has won the support of the tyrant of Tolrahk Esal. Together they will unleash his twisted creations to sweep across the land and forever disrupt the balance of power.

In this epic tale, there is no good and evil. Armies march, demons feed, and deities unleash their powers on a world that will never be the same.

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"Richly imagined, written with great pace and fluency, and bursting with ideas. Craig Munro is a gifted storyteller." ―Alan Campbell, bestselling author of the Deepgate codex series

"Many fantasy tropes were slain and harmed in the making of this book. Munro dismembers the Hero's Journey and reanimates it in the true fashion of a mad wizard." ―Rick Heinz, author of The Seventh Age

"This book will kick blood-spattered sand in your eyes, slip its serrated blade around your back, and ravage all your usual expectations of the dark fantasy genre." ―Joseph Asphahani, author of The Animal in Man

About the Author

Malcolm Graeme has appeared on and off Broadway in "Aida, The King and I, " Lincoln Center's "Hapgood, " and "M. Butterfly" (National Tour). His television appearances include "Law & Order, Follow the River, " and "Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson" (with Laurence Olivier). Film credits include "A Further Gesture, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, " and "Reunion."

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File Size: 3184 KB
Print Length: 450 pages
Publisher: Inkshares (May 30, 2017)
Publication Date: May 30, 2017
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B06ZYPNRFG
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Devin Wayne

Good fantasy, but not for everybody

November 6, 2017

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

What got me to read this book was another reviewer saying that the characters were interesting but the story was generic (I'm paraphrasing). I was willing to try it anyways, I don't regret it. But I do have a couple problems with the book.

From the start, we're introduced to the city of Sacral, which disappeared a thousand years ago due to magic, and has just recently returned. And very little has changed. It's even mentioned that traders come from across the lands and no one is much interested in their wares. Imagine what Earth was like a thousand years ago. The Americas were mostly untouched by the Europeans. Guns hadn't been invented, nor computers or electronics. Public works, philosophy, science. A lot has happened in a thousand years and this bugged me for most of the book. But I admit it's a fantasy conceit and much more famous authors have gotten away with worse.

The other thing was we do get these very interesting, well developed characters. One is fairly generic but the others are pretty neat and the way they deal with things and adapt to the obstacles and troubles the plot puts in their path is really engaging. But they hardly ever meet. Between the major characters there's about three pages of them meeting (on, I think, about five separate instances). Again, this is (has been) a popular trope in fantasy, the really big story, so what can I really say about it other than it happens and I found it a little weird, but not necessarily bad.

Those two things I found off. But I really can't say anything bad about the book. It's a good length. It tells a series of stories that are more interconnected by the world they take place in and in some cases a series of events that happened over a thousand years ago. It's well written, it has neat ideas, I'd really like to see more of it and quite looking forward to the next book (which, judging by the brief glimpse at the end of this one, will introduce new characters). If you're unused to fantasy, and don't like the things I've mentioned or are particularly critical, I'd suggest avoiding it. But in the end it's a good book.

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Robert Batten

Great opening salvo in new epic fantasy series

June 27, 2017

Format: Paperback

Bones of the Past is the first installment in a new epic fantasy series by Craig Munro. It tells a sprawling tale weaving together stories from dozens of characters across an entire continent in a high-fantasy setting. The novel strongly reminded me of the Book of the Malazan Fallen series by Stephen Erikson, and is a powerful debut novel from Munro.

I enjoyed this novel and devouring its pages felt effortless. The characters are all well-realised, and the world-building is impressive. Munro has created an enormous world with a deep history. He has invested the time to provide us a fresh fantasy landscape, without relying on the cliches some fantasy series fall back on. This is a world that lives and breathes, unencumbered by stereotyped races *coughpointyearedelvescough*.

Munro does a good job of weaving between his various plot threads and POVs, setting the stage for his different pieces to coalesce into a cohesive whole. However, he's playing the long game, and many of these threads remain separate at the end of the book. He doesn't completely abandon us here, with the stage primed for those pieces to come together in the next book, but it is something to be aware of going in — when you finish Bones of the Past, you'll be left wanting the second book (not yet out) in order to find satisfaction for some of those stories you've become invested in (for me, it is mostly to experience the rest of the Zuly / Nial arc).

Bones of the Past is a great novel for those who enjoy gritty, sprawling high fantasy such as that produced by Stephen Erikson.

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Kuniko Abe

Unlike (Better than!) any Dark Fantasy you've read before

July 12, 2017

Format: Kindle Edition

Bones of the Past is absolutely unlike any of the other fantasy novels I've read. Heed my warning now: Do not approach this book expecting a slow-building narrative throughline. This story doesn't have the same layer-within-layer plots of The Song of Ice and Fire. It doesn't have the character journey of Lord of the Rings.

Bones of the Past hits the ground running and never lets up. Armies are on the march, mad wizards plot for domination of lords and the overthrow of gods, and demons claw at their cages to wreak destruction on the world of mortals. Bones of the Past is to fantasy novels what a massive Role-playing-game like Dragon Age is to video games. Don't be surprised to find that the 'magic system' in Bones isn't really well explained - because magic is just part of the world. Don't be surprised to see that many characters in Bones' cast are blessed with crazy powers and world-rending artifacts and weapons. This book is on steroids!

And I think that's the point - this is HIGH-powered fantasy. This is that epic-level Dungeons & Dragons campaign you and your buds always swore you'd run someday - we're talking the upper 20s and 30s here, where the Gods themselves are hunted and overthrown.

There are several character threads to follow in Bones - the sailor turned guardsman Salt, the half-demon half-human Zuly/Nial (respectively), the champion turned war-hero turned burnout Jenus, the fleshcarving wizard Carver, Maura- the widow who stands up for her people and ultimately becomes queen, and so many more. Craig A. Munro does an excellent job of keeping all of their trials and tribulations straight, and pacing out the chapters dedicated to each.

The story ends on the mother of all cliffhangers (which, for those in the know, is very apt description in this case), and the sample chapter of Munro's sequel "The Tides of Madness" was arguably the best part of this book. I cannot wait to see where these characters end up. Very well done!

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Michael

Carefully crafted epic fantasy

This is a sprawling epic fantasy with intricately designed characters and incredible worldbuilding. A great debut from Mr. Munro, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

Published 6 months ago

Michael J Welch

My Fantasy baptism...and I'm now a devotee of the Books of Dust and Bone

Full Disclosure: I'm likely to talk more about myself relative to the book than I am about the book itself.
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Published 7 months ago

Wysp

For those that take their D&D with a heavy dose of demon and a pinch of demi-god

The Bones of the Past reads like an interesting D&D module with more flavor and way more breadth. Mr.Read more

Published 8 months ago

J C Steel

Didn't quite live up to its promise

Craig A. Munro’s The Bones of the Past (The Books of Dust and Bone #1) was one of those books where I seesawed on my final ranking for quite some time, which is unusual for me.Read more

Published 10 months ago

The_Red_Knight

Worth it for the creative characters alone

I enjoyed this book, but I was blown away by the characters. The uniqueness, creativity and depths of the characters are really the highlight of this book.Read more

Published 10 months ago

Jennifer Stroh

Excellent book. I highly recommend

Excellent book. I highly recommend. I bought at the bookstore, read in a day - immediately got on amazon to buy the second one. Not written yet though, I can not wait.

Published 10 months ago

Lisa

Bones.

I didn't finish this book. I made it to 46% and realized that I just didn't care. There was a lot of fighting, magic, and some really likeable people, but I had no idea where any...Read more

Published 11 months ago

Peter Ryan

A great way to get your epic fantasy groove on!

If you like your epic fantasy bold and brash then Craig Munro’s The Bones of the Past is exactly what you need. The story scope is vast and rolls along at a tight pace.Read more

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