The Hammer and the Blade

The Hammer and the Blade by Paul S. Kemp

I can't add much to the review already posted by Keith West.

This is a great slice of sword-&-sorcery.  Though it clocks in at the current page count of 400~, it's a quick breezy read that goes by like an old 300-pager from the s-&-s heyday.

I've already bought the sequel, and it is high on my reading list for next year.

Get yourself this book.  Read it (sooner than I did.)  You'll be glad you did!