Raising Fire: A Ben Garston Novel

Written by James Bennett

Narrated by Colin Mace

'Exciting, entertaining . . . This series is swiftly becoming a personal favourite!' The Eloquent Page

'You owe it to yourself to read this!' Reader review

Fans of Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher will revel in this fiery tale of magic, mayhem and modern-day mythology.

Ben Garston has broken the Lore. Now it's time to face the music . . .

Life isn't treating Red Ben Garston well. He's lost everything he once held dear, including the love of his life. Still, at least he escaped the clutches of a malevolent spirit bent on total destruction. So there is that.

Now Ben just wants to drink, and forget, and drink some more. But he can't. Not yet.

Because someone is stirring up trouble. Someone who wants to unleash a powerful ancient magic that could bring the realm of mythology crashing into the modern world.

If Ben fails to stop them, the world will burn - and that's the last thing he needs on his conscience.

Praise for the Ben Garston novels:

'A thrilling fusion of myth and modernity' Kevin Hearne, author of the Iron Druid Chronicles
'Blending together the best of action, adventure and urban fantasy . . . Chasing Embers is one of my highlights!' The Eloquent Page
'Absolutely loving it. Gorgeous use of language, great humour, characterisation and storyline. New fan!' Elizabeth Chadwick
'A superior piece of magical myth-making . . . An extremely promising debut' SFF World
'Bennett has done an extremely good job of creating some detailed and believable characters' SFX
'Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher are both fair comparisons to Bennett's attempts to fuse fantasy with a modern-day setting' SciFiNow

Reader reviews for The Ben Garston novels:

'Ben Garston is one of my all time favourite characters'
'Brilliant and touching'
'This is a series I shall devour in flames, with each new instalment'
'This is a brilliant page-turner. And now Book 2 is out... there's no excuse!'

The Ben Garston novels:
Chasing Embers
Raising Fire
Burning Ashes (coming 2018)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Release date: Aug 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9781405538633

James Bennett

James Bennett is a British writer raised in Sussex and South Africa. His travels have furnished him with an abiding love of different cultures, history and mythology. His short fiction has appeared internationally and the acclaimed Chasing Embers was his debut fantasy novel. James lives in London and sees dragon bones in the Thames whenever he crosses a bridge.

Reviews for Raising Fire

[wyvernfriend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Many years ago man and the magical creatures that share the world came to a pact, that a select group would stay on earth and the rest would sleep. Most of humanity has forgotten and the magical creatures hide out. Ben Garston is one of those magical creatures, a dragon and really all he wants to do is drink and forget the past and the girlfriend he had to leave but no, the folks who enforce the pact have plans and one of them includes killing him.
He has to work with other magical creatures who have their own agenda. The fate of the world is in their hands but how to save it is a problem.

It's interesting with modern world and mythology clashing and characters trying to do their own thing. It's also a bridging novel so I think a lot of it is involved in setting up what will come. Interesting but needs the prequel.