Up To The Throne is free from April 1-5

[Toby Frost]

My Renaissance fantasy novel Up To The Throne is now available for free until the 5th of April on Kindle. Here's the link:

Up To The Throne (Dark Renaissance Book 1) eBook : Frost, Toby: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Up To The Throne (Dark Renaissance Book 1) eBook : Frost, Toby: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Darn, I already have it. Bought it when it first came out.

It's very entertaining.

 

[thaddeus6th]

Ah ha! Once again my forgetfulness and laziness is rewarded!

Cheers, Toby.

 

[Toby Frost]

Last day of this today. I am biased, but I'm also certain that it's really good and you won't regret not spending the money you won't be spending by getting it free.

 

[Elckerlyc]

Deng, I nearly missed that opportunity to not spending my money!. Thank you for the reminder.
For some reason I'm not allowed to buy kindle books from Amazon.co.uk but am always forwarded to .com. Luckily the offer was valid there too.
Thanks!

 

[Toby Frost]

Congratulations on your non-purchase! You won't regret not spending any money on it, guaranteed!

 

[Abernovo]

Thanks, Toby! Up To The Throne was on my list, anyway. Going to take a while to get to it, though. Still wading through, or climbing up, my TBR mountain.

 

[Montero]

Thanks for that. Downloaded it, read it, and as I said on the April reading thread enjoyed it.
"Enjoyed it - I don't normally read at the darker end of fantasy these days, but it isn't that grim dark - as in there are some cheerful people in the book. Particularly liked Marcellus from the University. The main character starts the book obsessed with revenge - but it isn't to the exclusion of all else. In some books of that type, you get a main character who'll sacrifice friends and allies to their obsession - she doesn't. So it's a well rounded book - characters, world building and plot - and the ending is not predictable from the start. I'll probably read the sequel at some point but currently reading some not sff."

 

[Toby Frost]

I don't normally read at the darker end of fantasy these days, but it isn't that grim dark - as in there are some cheerful people in the book.

Thanks! You're not the first person to mention this, actually. When I wrote the first draft of Up To The Throne, years ago, there wasn't such a thing as grimdark, and I was basically writing a noir crime story set in a fantasy setting. It was only quite late on that I realised that I was writing noir, and I played this up in the editing stage. I've never felt the need to be "dark" and I don't equate it with skill or realism - the story is what it is, and sometimes different things are required. Anyhow, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

 

[Montero]

Good for you. I am rather tired of the "it has to be grim to be real" brigade.

 

[Toby Frost]

Personally, I see extreme gore or misery as a sort of special effect. If the book is crowded with special effects, they lose their punch (it's often stronger, as per Lovecraft, to only hint at the worst stuff). Worse, people stop reading the story as a story, and start to read it ironically, or as a kind of game to see who makes it to the end. I don't want people to read my books like that.