The Swordmaster
$24.79
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Kate Heartfield, comes a swashbuckling Vampires of Dumas story, featuring a new story arc following Françoise de Montesquiou d’Artagnan, a minor nobleman’s daughter who travels to Paris and becomes embroiled in a war between shapeshifters and vampires.
For two days and three nights, Françoise de Montesquiou d’Artagnan has slept, trapped in a strange dream of a shifting world of spirits. Everyone in the dream is clad in the forms of an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837864188 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837864187 |
| Author: | Kate Heartfield |
| Publisher: | Rebellion Publishing Ltd. |
| Imprint: | Rebellion Publishing Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 211g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | The Vampires of Dumas |
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Critics Review
“A riveting mélange of bloody intrigue, supernatural alternate history, dynamic action, and heartbreak. A dark delight.” —Sandra SG Wong, bestselling Anthony and Crime Writers of Canada Awards finalist, and author of the alt-history Lola Starke series.
About The Author
Kate Heartfield
Kate Heartfield is the author of several fantasy novels, including:
- The Tapestry of Time (2024) - about four clairvoyant sisters in WWII.
- The Valkyrie (2023) - a retelling of old Norse and Germanic legends.
- The Embroidered Book (2022) - a Sunday Times bestseller about Marie Antoinette and her sister Maria Carolina.
She has also written interactive fiction through Choice of Games and Assassin’s Creed tie-in novels.
Kate has won the Aurora Award for Best Novel three times and was a co-winner of the Nebula Award for Game Writing. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Nebula, Locus, Aurora, Sunburst, Scribe, and Crawford awards, as well as the Ottawa Book Award. Her journalism has been shortlisted for a National Newspaper Award.
Kate grew up in Manitoba and now lives in Ottawa.
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