Kell's Legend

merciless man, Through Jangir and Black Pike Kell slaughtered the foe,
    Each battle was empty, each moment gone slow, And with each bloody murder Kell felt more the pain,
    Reversal and angst brought home his heart bane.
    ‘Rarely sung final verse:’
And Kell now stood with axe in hand, The sea raged before him time torn into strands, He pondered his legend and screamed at the stars, Death open beneath him to heal all the scars Of the hatred he’d felt, and the murders he’d done And the people he’d killed all the pleasure and life He’d destroyed.
    Kell stared melancholy into great rolling waves of a Dark Green World,
    And knew he could blame no other but himself for
    The long Days of Blood, the long Days of Shame, The worst times flowing through evil years of pain,
    And the Legend dispersed and the honour was goneAnd all savagery fucked in a world ripped undone And the answer was clear as the stars in the sky All the bright stars the white stars the time was to die,
    Kell took up Ilanna and bade the world farewell, The demons tore through him as he ended the spell And closed his eyes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    Andy Remic is a British writer with a love of ancient warfare, mountain climbing and sword fighting. Once a member of The Army of Iron, he has since retired from a savage world of blood-oil magick and gnashing vachine, and works as an underworld smuggler of rare Dog Gemdog gems in the seedy districts of Falanor. Kell’s Legend is his sixth novel, and he’s now hard at work on volume II.
    Find out more at www.andyremic.com
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Praise for Andy Remic
    “Every once in a while a novel comes along that surprises the hell out of you. That was the case with War Machine by Andy Remic. All I really knew about the book going in was that is was classified as military science fiction and that it was the fourth novel by an author I had never heard of. So imagine my surprise when War Machine became my favorite science fiction novel of the year…I loved every testosterone-fuelled second”
    — Fantasy Book Critic on War Machine
    “Fast-paced, action-packed, and above all a high enough body count to prove why the Combat K squad got its name, with enough plot to keep the whole tale moving at its extraordinary pace.”
    — The Falcata Times on War Machine
    “The scene is set for a hard-hitting, galaxy-spanning, no-holds-barred, old-fashioned action adventure yarn, laced with almost self-parodic brutality.”
    — The Guardian on War Machine
    “ Biohell can stake a claim as the finest viral nightmare since 28 Days Later. ”
    — SFX
    “A carnage-strewn affair, with the action and zombie-bashing very much pushed to the forefront, and here Remic excels. His staccato prose is punchy and he delivers in the action stakes.”
    — SciFi Now on Biohell

Other Books By
    A LSO BY A NDY R EMIC
    The Spiral series
Spiral
Quake
Warhead
    Combat-K
War Machine
Biohell
Hardcore

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No more heroes
    Published 2009
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