Oct 28
A scary witch-shard in the middle. Who am I to deny the cover of something the title mentions? Oh, and some dude firing a bow. OH, and some scary bear creeping up in the background. OHHHH – and some hot women with a dagger giving the uncomfortable twisted-body ass-pose. But most importantly: Shiny, keep it shiny.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:30 am
For sword and sorcery fans… oh dear…..
Wonder what level that ranger is on the front cover.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Do you think the bear is actually a Druid then?
Clearly the woman is a thief, and the “witch” is a necromancer. It must suck to be a huge disembodied head, especially since he/she is horrifically ugly
I think they should have made the M and W in the title even biggger, even though they’re pretty huge as it is.
The expression on the witch is makes him look … special
October 29th, 2009 at 4:05 am
Maybe we need a separate tag category for books recommended by Publisher’s Weekly? It’s becoming quite a (terrible) theme!
June 3rd, 2010 at 4:24 am
“A Mankind Witch”? What the hell does that even mean? I’m pretty sure English doesn’t allow ‘mankind’ as a modifier. Was this translated from Polish?
July 16th, 2010 at 6:04 am
Did anyone read the sequel “The Sandkind Witch” ?
Or was it “The Kind Sandwich” ?
January 21st, 2013 at 10:45 am
Whatever a “mankind witch” may be, that has to be one of the most awkward titles of all time. Was there really no better option?
January 21st, 2013 at 1:27 pm
It’s just badly punctuated. It SHOULD read: “A man, kind Witch.” As in the following dialogue:
WITCH (Kindly): What is that strange, masculine creature?
CHILD: It’s a man, kind Witch.
Is it me, or has the Publisher’s Weekly quote been cut out with scissors and glued onto the cover of the book?
January 16th, 2014 at 12:33 am
The full quote reads:
I was invited to a feast for Sword and Sorcery fans, spit-roast ox served on trenchers. We all sat round trestle-tables but while I was watching the fire-breathing jugglers someone slipped something in my mead. When I woke up I found I’d signed a contract to write a novel to match the cover the Lute-player’s eight year old had Photoshopped, using the title she gave it.
January 17th, 2014 at 12:03 pm
@Tat Wood. I don’t think you’re that far wrong. Feeling that I just couldn’t go on not knowing why anything would be called “A Mankind Witch, I went and read it.
I’m now pretty sure this book was indeed written around the title, possibly for a bet, as in, “Hey, Dave, bet you can’t write a story to fit *this* one.”
June 26th, 2015 at 1:40 am
“Aim for the blurb… and… fire!”
June 29th, 2015 at 11:01 am
@A.R.Yngve: He could be aiming at the small woman..
January 21st, 2017 at 4:45 am
The sequel to this was titled “Much Fall of Blood”.
Such grammar. Wow.
And brace yourself for the cover of the first one:
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Lion-Heirs-Alexandria-Book-ebook/dp/B00AP9J98K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484973866&sr=8-1&keywords=Shadow-Lion-Heirs-Alexandria