"A bloody, bravura performance, which Tidhar pulls off with graphic imagery and modern vernacular"
Guardian

"As eclectic as the Sword in the Stone and as ruthless as A Game of Thrones , this retelling of the whole Arthurian legend stands alongside the very best"
Daily Mail

"The narrative voice is deadly serious but there's a strong undercurrent of gleefulness to the profanity, violence and otherworldly magic that makes By Force Alone a whole lot of fun to dive into"
Spectator

"Lavie Tidhar has crafted a punk epic on the mouldering bones of legend and jolted it to life with ten thousand volts of knowing wit and fury. By Force Alone eviscerates the complacent posturing of the Arthurian myth, explodes the well-worn conventions of the tale and from the shiny jagged pieces assembles a wholly fresh rollercoaster ride of cheap violence, vicious magic and messy human truth"
Richard Morgan

"A twisted Arthur retelling mixing the historical and the magical with a very modern eye. Brutal and vicious, funny, Peaky Blinders of the Round Table"
Adrian Tchaikovsky