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Sam Sykes

(b.1984)

Sam Sykes is the author of the acclaimed Tome of the Undergates, a vast and sprawling story of adventure, demons, madness and carnage. He lives with two hounds in a small, drab apartment and has eaten at least one of every animal on earth.

Genres: Fantasy

Series

Aeon's Gate
   1. Tome of the Undergates (2010)
   2. Black Halo (2011)
   3. The Skybound Sea (2012)

Bring Down Heaven
   1. The City Stained Red (2014)
   2. The Mortal Tally (2014)
   3. God's Last Breath (2016)
   Ale & Blood (2018)

Brave Chef Brianna
   1. Brave Chef Brianna #1 (2017)
   2. Brave Chef Brianna #2 (2017)
   3. Brave Chef Brianna #3 (2017)
   4. Brave Chef Brianna #4 (2017)

Grave of Empires
   1. Seven Blades in Black (2019)
   The Gallows Black (2019)
   2. Ten Arrows of Iron (2020)
   The Iron Dirge (2020)
   3. Three Axes to Fall (2022)
   Dream of the Falling Axe (2023)

Series contributed to

Pathfinder Tales
35. Shy Knives (2016)

Books containing stories by Sam Sykes

Unbound (2015)
Tales By Masters of Fantasy
(Unbound , book 1)
edited by
Shawn Speakman

Dangerous Women 2 (2014)
(Dangerous Women, book 2)
edited by
Gardner Dozois and George R R Martin

Dangerous Women 1 (2013)
(Dangerous Women, book 1)
edited by
Gardner Dozois and George R R Martin

More books

Award nominations

2013 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Wish for a Gun

Sam Sykes recommends

A Little Hatred (2019)
(Age of Madness, book 1)
Joe Abercrombie
"Rife with emotion with wit to spare, both honed to an effortlessly fine edge. A Little Hatred is the joy of watching a master of the craft with his tools at their sharpest."

War Cry (2018)
Brian McClellan
"Brian McClellan is an explosive powder keg of imagination with an expertly-plotted fuse. The stories he tells are the stories we'll be reading for years to come."

Kings of the Wyld (2017)
(Band , book 1)
Nicholas Eames
"Fantastic, funny, ferocious. Hugely recommended. Read it now."