"The King's Peace beautifully and thought-provokingly tells a story set in a world and a history almost like ours, but different enough to be in itself a kind of elvenland. It's good to know that there will be more."
--POUL ANDERSON
"I hope this book gets the reception it deserves. Walton writes with an authenticity that never loses heart, a rare combination in a genre where we are so often offered one or the other. The King's Peace is a proof that no matter how mined-out a subject may seen, a dedicated writer can dig down to a true vein of legend and hammer out gold."
--ROBIN HOBB
"Head and shoulders and sword-arm above most fantasy…It reads like a lost memoir from the Dark Age of a subtly different history, tough and unsentimental and all the more touching for that."
--KEN MACLEOD
"Jo Walton's splendid re-imagining of the Matter of Britain has a rich immediacy that calls to mind the best of Thomas Malory and Rudyard Kipling. The King's Peace is the novel that The Mists of Avalon should have been."
--DEBRA DOYLE
"The people, the politics, the details of warfare and daily life, all ring as true as the steel sword the heroine wields so doughtily. This is much more than a retooling of the Matter of Britain: it is a fully-imagined, living, magical world."
--DELIA SHERMAN
"Polished, elegant, smart, honest… When I grow up, I want to write with as much knowledge and tapestry as Jo Walton does."
--JANE YOLEN
"There is not an ill-written sentence…Never lacks immediacy or loses its historical quality. Sulien is a soldier first, honorable, capable, and trustworthy, and she is a wonderfully believable character."
--VOYA
"Polished and luminous…A gracefully written epic fantasy featuring a female warrior who embodies the knightly virtues."
--LIBRARY JOURNAL
"Thoughtfully reweaves Arthurian legend with history into a vivid, fluent narrative."
--KIRKUS REVIEWS
"A truly engrossing character-driven novel with strong female characters…Highly recommended."
--VECTOR
"War is a tough subject to do well, but in this gritty, moving second and final book in the saga of Tir Tanagiri, British author Walton makes the strife of civil war not only believable but understandable…Fine work."
--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)
"A wonderful read. I finished the book and wanted to begin it again at once, and that's the highest praise of all."
--IAN IRVINE
"With lyrical prose and meticulous attention to detail, Ms. Walton creates a wholly believable world."
--ROMANTIC TIMES
"The pacing is brisk, the emotional impact great…Walton is making page-turners out of her take on Arthur's Britain."
--BOOKLIST