Cover of The Tattered BannerB
FinishedDecember 21, 2019
GradeB
GenreFantasy
PublisherDuncan M. Hamilton, 2023
★ Review · December 21, 2019

The Tattered Banner

by Duncan Hamilton


A fun book, but things moved a little too briskly. It felt like more time should have been spent on each part of the book—the training at school, his time on campaign, his time as an assassin, etc.

Publisher Description

-The Tattered Banner placed 8th on Buzzfeed's 12 Greatest Fantasy Books of 2013- Unique talent always attracts attention… In a world where magic is outlawed, ability with a sword is prized above all else. For Soren this means the chance to live out his dreams. Plucked from a life of privation, he is given a coveted place at Ostenheim’s Academy of Swordsmanship, an opportunity beyond belief. Opportunity is not always what it seems however, and gifts rarely come without conditions. Soren becomes an unwitting pawn in a game of intrigue and treachery that could cost him not just his dreams, but also his life. The Tattered Banner is the first book of the swashbuckling fantasy trilogy 'Society of the Sword'.

Where this fits · 2019 reading log
Book 35 of 2019 · the 15th Fantasy read of the year.