Reviews
“Nobody does dragons like Jenn Lyons! All the ingredients here add up to a spectacular and sexy fantasy heist story: sky ships hunting leviathans, revenge plots, secrets, family drama, and an ensemble that sparkles like a hoard full of diamonds.”—Freya Marske, international bestselling author of A Marvellous Light
“Jenn Lyons just keeps getting better and better! The Sky on Fire is fantastic!—in multiple senses of that word.”—Glen Cook, author of The Black Company
“The Sky on Fire‘s wily worldbuilding is deeply enjoyable, and its plot races like wildfire atop wit and banter, twists and reverses, and an unflappable delight in the possibilities of fantasy.”—Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun and Servant Mage
“Fans of Dragonriders of Pern, Dragonlance, Naomi Novik’s Temeraire, and D&D will love this dragon-filled fantasy. The love letter you’ve been looking for to all the things you’ve cherished about the fantasy genre.”—R.R. Virdi, author of The First Binding
“Charismatic characters, furious battles among dragons, masterful scheming, sexual tension, and crackling dialogue. Strap in for a great ride.”—Booklist (starred review)
“This novel grabs a bunch of now-classic fantasy tropes and gives them a good shake…. A soaringly good read.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Addictive and intricately plotted… [a] rip-roaring caper.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“This is a brilliant novel, vividly characterised, tense, and full of surprises. I adore it on a personal level, admire it from a technical perspective, and I do most sincerely hope that Lyons publishes more in this setting. Recommended.”—Locus
Praise for Jenn Lyons:
“It’s impossible not to be impressed with the ambition of it all, the sheer, effervescent joy Lyons takes in the scope of her project . . . a larger-than-life adventure story about thieves, wizards, assassins and kings to dwell in for a good long while.”—The New York Times on The Ruin of Kings
“Epic fantasy fans looking for a virtually un-put-down-able read should look no further.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Ruin of Kings
“Rich, cruel, gorgeous, brilliant, enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it.”—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians, on The Ruin of Kings
“Lyons proves she is worthy of comparison to other masters of epic fantasy.”—Booklist (starred review) on The Name of All Things