The winners of the third annual David Gemmell Legend Awards for Fantasy have just been announced. They are:
The Morningstar Award for Best Newcomer: Warrior Priest by Darius Hinks (Black Library)
The Ravenheart Award for Best Cover Artist: Olof Erla Einarsdottir for the cover of Power and Majesty by Tansy Rayner Roberts (Harper Collins Australia)
The David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Novel: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz/Tor US).
We neglected to list the finalists this year (our apologies). The other nominees were:
Morningstar Award:
Spellwright by Blake Charlton (Tor)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Shadow Prowler by Alexey Pehov (Tor)
Tymon’s Flight by Mary Victoria (HarperCollins Australia)
Ravenheart Award:
Todd Lockwood for The Ragged Man by Tom Lloyd (Pyr)
Cliff Nielsen for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Jon Sullivan for Shadow King by Gavin Thorpe (The Black Library)
Frank Victoria for Tymon’s Flight by Mary Victoria (HarperCollins Australia)
Legend Award:
The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett (Voyager)
War the Dwarves by Markus Heitz (Orbit)
Wheel of Time: Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
The Alchemist in the Shadows by Pierre Pevel (Gollancz)
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks (Orbit)