emperor of thorns

‘Best Friday 13th ever!’ tweeted an excited Mark Lawrence, as the news hit that he had scooped not one, but two trophies at the 2014 Gemmell Awards last week. Lawrence follows Patrick Rothfuss, Brent Weeks and Brandon Sanderson to win the Legend Award for Best Novel with… Read More

I remember the moment I started reading Mark Lawrence work with absolute clarity. Coming upon something extraordinary will do that to you –a song heard for the first time, a view glimpsed through trees, an expression on a lover’s face. I was sitting at my desk… Read More

I’ve been putting off writing the ‘Goodbye to all that’ end cap to the Broken Empire trilogy for a long time. I could have written it before PRINCE OF THORNS was even published, before I had any inkling what it was like to have my work… Read More