LIONHEARTS
published by Tor/Forge Books (US) and Bantam (AUS)
AVAILABLE: LIONHEARTS (US)
AVAILABLE: LIONHEARTS (AUS)
History and myth collide in this riveting story of vengeance, redemption and war, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones.
All will be well when King Richard returns . . . but King Richard has been captured. To raise the money for his ransom, every lord in England is raising taxes, the French are eyeing the empty throne, and the man they called, “Robin Hood,” the man the Sheriff claims is dead, is everywhere and nowhere at once. He’s with a band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest, raiding guard outposts. He’s with Nottingham’s largest gang, committing crimes to protest the taxes. He’s in the lowest slums of the city, conducting a reign of terror against the city's most vulnerable. A hero to some, a monster to others, and an idea that can't simply be killed. But who's really under the hood?
LIONHEARTS is the epic second installment in Nathan Makaryk's NOTTINGHAM series that will leave you questioning everything you think you know about Robin Hood, King Richard, and the world they created.
NOTTINGHAM
published by Tor/Forge Books (US) and Bantam (AUS)
AVAILABLE: NOTTINGHAM (US)
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No king. No rules.
England, 1191. King Richard is half a world away, fighting for God and his own ambition. Back home, his country languishes, bankrupt and on the verge of anarchy. People with power are running unchecked. People without are growing angry. And in the shire of Nottingham, the sheriff seems intent on doing nothing about it.
As the leaves turn gold in the Sherwood Forest, the lives of six people—Arable, a servant girl with a secret, Robin and William, soldiers running from their pasts, Marion, a noblewoman working for change, Guy of Gisbourne, Nottingham’s beleaguered guard captain, and Elena Gamwell, a brash, ambitious thief—become intertwined.
And a strange story begins to spread . . .
Both a gripping historical epic and fascinating deconstruction of the Robin Hood legend, Nathan Makaryk’s Nottingham mixes history and myth into a complex study of power—one that twists and turns far beyond the traditional tale of Sherwood Forest’s iconic thief.
NOTTINGHAM is based on Nathan's critically-acclaimed stage play, "THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD"
Listen to an excerpt of the audiobook, produced by Macmillan Audio, narrated by Raphael Corkhill and Marisa Calin:
Also available in Australia and New Zealand, produced by Bolinda Audio:
PRAISE FOR NOTTINGHAM
“Nathan Makaryk's bold reimagining of the Robin Hood legend is the most pleasurable reading experience I've had since first discovering George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Nottingham is an expansive, thoroughly engrossing epic with vividly drawn characters and rich historical detail. I can't wait to read the next installment.”
BRYAN COGMAN (Co-Executive Producer/Writer, Game of Thrones)
“Refreshingly different … an imaginative retelling of the Robin Hood story, … guaranteeing an appeal for fans of adventure-thrillers.”
BOOKLIST
"A remarkable and comprehensive story ... this is unique fiction that compels revision of the Robin story and its place in history."
THE HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
“Nottingham’s like reading Game of Thrones for the first time … except it’s a leap beyond that, a whole hundred-league leap that will hopefully drag the genre kicking and screaming along with it.”
K.A. DOORE (author of THE PERFECT ASSASSIN)
“This is one of those special books. It’s not one you borrow, it’s one you keep on your shelf forever. … clever, cutting, and just plain gorgeous.”
SARAH J. SOVER
(author of DOUBLE-CROSSING THE BRIDGE)
“Everything I could have asked for and more. ... Makaryk is a master at both creating charismatic characters that are neither fully good nor fully bad and at creating situations that have no right or wrong, ... all of which is done with a superb hand and in a manner that makes it impossible to stop reading."
FOREVER LOST IN LITERATURE
Hardcover by Tor/Forge Books (US), paperback by Bantam (AUS). Paperpback by Tor/Forge (US) coming September, 2020
Nathan is represented by Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.