Welcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy.  Stay tuned to see reviews of these books when I get a copy of them.  For my latest Waiting on Wednesday, I check out the highly entertaining fantasy novel, The Bone Raiders by awesome author Jackson Ford.

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Looking ahead to the second half of 2025, there are a lot of entertaining fantasy novels coming out, but one of the ones that has really caught by attention is the very fun sounding read The Bone Raiders.  Written by author Jackson Ford (a pseudonym of writer Rob Boffard), who previously impressed with his Frost Files series, The Bone Raiders has an insane and deeply intriguing fantasy plot that I am really excited for.

Set for release in August 2025 and already boasting a very cool cover, The Bone Raiders will follow a group of grassland raiders feared for their habit of bedecking themselves with the bones of their enemies, as they attempt to survive a dangerous new enemy and his massive army.  When threatened with invasion, they are forced to find a way to survive, and their best idea is to do the impossible and tame the giant, fire-breathing lizards that rampage through their homeland and turn them into the ultimate raiding mount.

Those readers who are familiar with this blog will know that is the sort of crazy and hilarious sounding plot idea that I instantly love.  I have no doubt that with Ford behind the helm, this unique scenario will result in The Bone Raiders becoming something very special, especially as his outrageous characters attempt to achieve something particularly insane.  As such, I am extremely eager to get my hands on a copy of The Bone Raiders when it comes out, and I strongly believe it will be one of the more entertaining and captivating fantasy novels coming out in the second half of the year.

Plot Synopsis:

The start of an edge-of-your-seat, action-packed fantasy series from the irreverent Jackson Ford, where a wild band known as the Bone Raiders harness the power of gigantic, fire-breathing lizards to defend their homeland.

You don’t mess with the Rakada. The people living in the grasslands of the Tapestry call them the Bone Raiders, from their charming habit of displaying the bones of those they kill on their horses and armour.

But being a raider is tough these days. There’s a new Great Khan in the Tapestry. He’s had it with the raider clans, and plans to use his sizeable military to do something about it. And then there are the araatan: fire-breathing lizards the size of elephants, roaming the grasslands in search of dwindling food supplies.

Sayana is a Rakada scout, and she loves her job. But if she wants to keep it, she’s going to have to do something drastic. Like convincing her clan to ride araatan, instead of horses. Sayana doesn’t quite know how to get that done without being eaten and/or cooked alive, but she’d better figure it out fast – or she and her clan, along with every other raider in the Tapestry, will be wiped out.