num_pages: 288
description: AN AGENT OF KNIGHT WATCH TASKED TO PROTECT HUMANITY FROM SUPERNATURAL ENEMIES MUST GO TO HELL AND BACK TO CLEAR HIS NAME AND SAVE THE WORLDWhen John Rast signed up for Knight Watch he expected it to be all fighting dragons and rescuing maidens. You know hero stuff. But instead hes stuck patrolling game conventions and cosplayer competitions looking for dangerous anachronisms and the villains who may be trying to exploit them. Fortunately all that changes when an honest-to-goodness necromancer shows up wielding a weapon created by Nazi occultists and accompanied by some badass evil Valkyries hell-bent on kicking off the end of the world. John and the team will go to great lengthseven Minnesotato find out whos responsible for all this and foil their plans. Also theres a giant dog who thinks the moon is a ball. Its epic.About Valhellions :Akers' novel puts the fantasy in urban fantasy with real-world-dwelling fantastical characters similar to Jim Butcher and ridiculous set pieces reminiscent of Terry Pratchett. -- Booklist (starred review)About Knight's Watch :Buckle up and get ready for a fun ride. Tim Akers delivers an epic story about weekend ren faire warriors versus actual monsters. Best fictional use of a Volvo station wagon ever. Larry CorreiaAbout Tim A must for all epic fantasy fans.  StarburstFull of strong world building cinematic and frequent battle scenes high adventure great characters suspense and dramatic plot shifts this is an engaging fast-paced entry in a popular subgenre.  Booklist (starred review)Take a bit of fantasy mix in the horror of the demonic and put in some top-notch writing and youll have Akers latest novel.  HellnotesFast-paced . . . an epic fantasy story with action intrigue and a good story.  RPGDelivers enough twists and surprises to keep readers fascinated . . . contains action grittiness magic intrigue and well created characters.  Rising ShadowAn extremely well-developed secondary world.  SF Signal
language: English
title: Valhellions
publisher: Baen