David Gemmell Legend Awards: Shortlists & Reviews
Monday, August 12, 2013
The 2013 David Gemmell Legend Awards shortlists are:
Legend Award (Best Novel)
- Joe Abercrombie: Red Country
- Jay Kristoff: Stormdancer
- Mark Lawrence: King of Thorns
- Helen Lowe: The Gathering of the Lost
- Brent Weeks: The Blinding Knife
Morningstar Award (Best Debut)
- Saladin Ahmed: Throne of the Crescent Moon
- Miles Cameron: The Red Knight
- John Gwynne: Malice
- Aidan Harte: Irenicon
- Jay Kristoff: Stormdancer
Ravenheart Award (Best Cover)
- Didier Graffet and Dave Senior, for Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
- Dominic Harman, for Legion of Shadow by Michael J. Ward
- Clint Langley, for Besieged by Rowenna Cory Daniells
- Silas Manhood, for The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
- Colin Thomas, for Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
- Stephen Youll, for The Black Mausoleum by Stephen Deas
I'll going to try to review as many of the Legend and Morningstar titles as I can over the next few months. Not totally sure of the order yet, as I haven't read everything - how does "vaguely alphabetical" sound?