Reviews

"[A] uniquely satisfying work....The Blood Debt is truly unique in that it is a
'middle' book of a multi-volume saga but also works very well as an 'entry' book
to a multi-volume saga. Between the characters, the strange creatures, and the landscape, Sean Williams gives readers something fresh and mildly familiar in
Epic Fantasy with his Books of the Cataclysm."
—SFFWorld.com

"Sean Williams has produced that rarest of gems, a fantasy book that really feels like you're visiting a new world, rather than a rehashed version of somebody else's milieu. The easy style and likeable banter between protagonists makes the book an enjoyable read and the plot keeps you wanting to come back for more. Expect to buy all four if you get the first!"
—SFCrowsnest

"The detail of Williams's imagined world and his characters' concern with the moral consequences of their actions compel interest."
—Publishers Weekly

"Set partly in the modern world and partly in a fantasy environment drawn from archetypal myths and legends, this epic belongs in most fantasy collections." —Library Journal

"Fans of Book 1 of Sean Williams' 'Cataclysm' series will have to have
Book 2....Williams has a passion for building fantastic landscapes and
riveting action, and The Blood Debt is a top pick for prior fans who will enjoy
smooth, easy transition into this ongoing adventure."
—California Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review
Praise for Books of the Cataclysm: One:

"Imagine Magritte's hallucinatory painting of a locomotive steaming out of a fireplace...imagine that smoke-plumed black locomotive roaring into a surreal hell of monsters, fiends, and demons. René Magritte meets Hieronymus Bosch.
That's what it feels like to read — to experience — Sean Williams's
brilliant new novel, The Crooked Letter. Williams is a master storyteller, and this novel is a celebration of his wild talent."
— Jack Dann, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author

"The Crooked Letter is an edge-of-your-seat, intelligent contemporary fantasy. Compulsively readable, utterly enthralling, seriously disturbing. One of the finest fantasy novels I've read in a long, long time."
-—Sara Douglass, best-selling author of The Crucible and Darkwitch Rising