“There’s never a lull in the action, and the mismatched group provides plenty of fun, with high tension and biting arguments between the over-the-top characters keeping the pages turning… fans of grimdark fantasy will find plenty to enjoy.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Coarse, crude, bloody, brutal, and utterly over-the-top . . . A go-big-or-go-home delight.”
—Locus

“Fans of dark fantasy that enjoy gallows humor alongside over-the-top blood and gore action will find this group of misfits perfectly awful.”
—Booklist

“A fun, thrilling, and bloody novel filled with interesting characters and a unique world . . . You’ll be begging for more of Black Herran and the gang.”
—Grimdark Magazine

"Like Kings of the Wyld smooshed together with Suicide Squad into a glorious, gory, sweary melee.”
—Rob J Hayes, author of The Ties that Bind series

“A fun romp of a novel. Recommended.”
—SFF World

“Like Joe Abercrombie was persuaded to write a Warhammer novel. It's dark and often brutal, but with a vein of intelligent playfulness running through . . . Cameron Johnston remains wickedly inventive . . . Soaring and magical, yet somehow very human and accessible.”
—SFX

“Johnston has flipped the magnificent seven samurai trope on its head in this snarky romp of a tale. Packed with heart and humour, The Maleficent Seven is dark, bloody, and the most fun I’ve had in ages.”
—Devin Madson, author of We Ride the Storm