October 11, 2025 • 58 secs
A Novel.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, this is the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich
highlighting today an author with local roots. His name is
Ted Lawton, and he's written a book with an auspicious title,
We Burn Our Dead. This novel fulfills a lot in
terms of horror and fantasy, as we follow a brutal
band of mercenary warriors who fight their battles with spears, daggers, swords,
(00:20):
and bron There are very few specifics about the time
and place, safe to say the action occurs in the past,
when life was difficult and warriors like the ones featured
roamed the land. The group, led by Sturmand the Captain,
take on their greatest foe yet, a large and dangerous creature,
the epitome of evil who destroys everything in its path.
Kirkus Reviews calls it a quote thrilling, contemplative, and blood
(00:42):
soaked musing on the choices that haunt us and the
ones that set us free, and it's most compelling to
read what drives these characters to fight as bravely as
they do. An outstanding work of fantasy. We Burn Our
Dead by Ted Lawton and that's the book Club. WZ
Boston's News radio
Hello, this is the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich
highlighting today an author with local roots. His name is
Ted Lawton, and he's written a book with an auspicious title,
We Burn Our Dead. This novel fulfills a lot in
terms of horror and fantasy, as we follow a brutal
band of mercenary warriors who fight their battles with spears, daggers, swords,
(00:20):
and bron There are very few specifics about the time
and place, safe to say the action occurs in the past,
when life was difficult and warriors like the ones featured
roamed the land. The group, led by Sturmand the Captain,
take on their greatest foe yet, a large and dangerous creature,
the epitome of evil who destroys everything in its path.
Kirkus Reviews calls it a quote thrilling, contemplative, and blood
(00:42):
soaked musing on the choices that haunt us and the
ones that set us free, and it's most compelling to
read what drives these characters to fight as bravely as
they do. An outstanding work of fantasy. We Burn Our
Dead by Ted Lawton and that's the book Club. WZ
Boston's News radio
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