Thousand Names

Description: Stationed in Khandar, a remote desert outpost of the Vordanai empire, Captain Marcus d'Ivoire and his men find themselves on the front lines when the region's inhabitants stage a bloody uprising. As Marcus struggles to fashion his raw recruits into a functioning army, he promotes the most promising soldier, Winter Ihernglass, to a command post (complicating matters for Winter, who's secretly a woman in disguise). Meanwhile, the arrival of a brilliant military strategist may turn the tide of war against them as he pursues his own secret agenda.

Review Quotes: Praise for The Thousand Names

"A fascinating world of dust and bayonets and muskets...and magic."--S. M. Stirling, New York Times bestselling author of the Novels of the Change

"I absolutely loved it. Wexler balances the actions of his very human characters with just the right amount of imaginative 'magic' to keep me wanting more."--Taylor Anderson, national bestselling author of the Destroyermen series

"The incredible world building, character development and yes, even the complexity of it all, will hook epic fantasy fans and leave them anxiously waiting for the next book in the series. "--Bookworm Blues

"Django does an excellent job with his characters...they are great fun to ride along with..."--Speculative Book Review

"A spectacular epic fantasy debut that heralds Django Wexler as a talented author and The Shadow Campaigns series as a future flintlock fantasy classic."--Fantasy Book Critic

"Such detail on the military life! From camp conditions to battle tactics, to the lines of grand strategy, the authenticity of the military fantasy is here in full flower."--SF Signal

More Praise for the Shadow Campaigns Novels

"Gritty, brutal, and yet wonderfully intimate...exceptional military fantasy."--Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of Zero World

"Succeeding volumes may end up doing for the Napoleonic Wars what George R. R. Martin did for the Wars of the Roses. Highly recommended."--Anthony Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of the Raven's Shadow Novels

"The Thousand Names is marvelously written, ingeniously conceived, and great fun. Without a doubt the best book of [the] year."--Simon R. Green, New York Times bestselling author of the Secret Histories Novels

"Wexler has written another excellently entertaining novel, filled with battles and politics and personalities....It subverts, interrogates, or outright inverts a good few tropes associated with epic fantasy."--Tor.com