Mike Shevdon

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There’s been an accident. It’s your daughter. These are the words no parent ever wants to hear.

Learning to cope with the loss of a child is only the beginning of the new challenges facing Niall Petersen. An old enemy has returned and Niall already knows it’s not a social call. As the new Warder of the Seven Courts he will be forced to choose between love and honour, duty and responsibility.

Those choices will lead him to discover dark secrets at the core of the realm, where the people in power have their own designs.

Reviews

The Road to Bedlam is a rich, detailed and impressive sequel to one of the best novels of 2009 with a gripping plot, superb characterisation and is such an effortless joy to read. If you have read Sixty One Nails you just have to get this, and for those of you who haven’t read Sixty One Nails, what are you waiting for, buy them both!
~ SciFi and Fantasy Books

…overall this is a terrific novel, a real page-turner and original with it, showing an eye for detail and character that other novelists in this sub-genre rarely have. Highly recommended.
~ SFF Chronicles

The pacing and attention to detail are spot on, with assorted exciting incidents within that are certain to please the reader.
~ Barbara Martin

Shevdon draws his inspiration from England’s incredibly long, rich history of lore and tradition, in a way American-set books simply can’t match, and that helps to really sell this series as something new and interesting.
~ The Green Man Review

I have to admit that Sixty One Nails caught me by surprise. I didn’t expect to be so won over by it. As I said earlier it was purchased on impulse and was from an unknown author. With The Road to Bedlam I expected something great and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s fantastic to see an author finding his stride and start to really flex his creative muscles. I’ll certainly be buying book 3. I’m already looking forward to it.
~ The Eloquent Page

Book 1 is a freakin’ fantastic read.  It’s been compared to Gaiman’s work, but this book stands on its own merit….The action begins immediately, and will keep the reader turning pages to discover the mystery, and learn as much as they can about Shevdon’s fascinating world of the Feyre.
~ Bite Club

Shevdon’s not skimped on the humour, either – there’s moments in this book where one wants to simply laugh out loud, and there are moments which are sly and subtle in their amusement, a nicely paced and finely balanced trick that Shevdon rather excellently manages.
~ Daniel’s Thoughts (LiveJournal)

There are moments of real joy in the twilight of book reading when an author really cannot do anything wrong for the reader. One of these breaks in the storm of Urban Fantasy is author Mike Shevdon, who in this, his second novel in the Courts of the Feyre series, The Road to Bedlam has been an absolute joy.
~ Falcata Times

The biggest thing that’s wrong with it is that it’s one of those books that are hard to put down and I now really, really need a good night’s sleep. For which I blame the author, of course.
Gillian Polack (LiveJournal)

I look forward to more in the series, and more from Shevdon. This series, thus far, is a breath of fresh air in a genre otherwise nearing the played-out and overdone
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