A review by kathodus
The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton

5.0

I'm not entirely sure why I loved this book so much, but I did. It recalls Fritz Leiber, Clark Ashton Smith, HP Lovecraft, RE Howard, Vance, etc., etc., but with a modern flair. There's horrific necrophiliac sex, there's a lot of gore, NONE of the characters are likable - it's basically a world of evil wizards, evil professors, evil innkeepers, evil mayors... basically, evil NOUNs. It's the best tribute to the early days of SFF, before horror and fantasy had their nasty breakup, that I've read.