About the book: 2024 / Adventure heroic fantasy about a man who is forced to give up his comfortable life and go to seek happiness among gods, pirates, wars and dragons. Student. Witty. Lover. Adventurer. A reluctant soldier. Actually, Quillifer is not a soldier at all. He is too charming, in love and studying law. But everything changes tragically, he loses his family and hometown. First, evil fate throws Quillifer into a gang of robbers, then intrigues lead him into politics, and then his fate ends up in the hands of a beautiful but treacherous goddess. The fire of civil war breaks out, and Quillifer finds himself at its very epicenter. Even if he is only a reluctant soldier, he has the opportunity to change the future of his country in his hands. “This book may be the best Williams has written. It is a delight from the first page to the last - witty, colourful, exciting and funny, exquisitely written." - George R.R. Martin "A thrilling story that recalls George MacDonald Fraser's The Flashman Papers - in the best tradition of brutal adventure, enriched by a magnificent vocabulary of words coined by Quillifer himself." ― Booklist “Fascinating historical adventures in baroque fantasy.” ― Locus Magazine “The author is excellent at creating conflict and weaving storylines that get Quillifer into increasingly exciting troubles.” ― Publishers Weekly “This novel is as big as life and three times more surprising and exciting.” – Locus “The author is a visionary of enormous power and originality. Damn good every time." – Juo Dinas