#136 in Fantasy
The Crimson Campaign
- 638
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Crimson Campaign” keeps the breakneck pace of the trilogy’s opener and adds the large battles it lacked. Some readers praise the setting above all, a world of muskets, revolution and magic at the dawn of an industrial age, and the way several storylines run at once without losing momentum. Some find the three leads too alike and the gods thinly developed. At over six hundred pages, it is military fantasy that rarely pauses.
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About the book
The Crimson Campaign is a fantasy novel by American author Brian McClellan, the second book in The Powder Mage trilogy. It was first published by Orbit Books on May 6, 2014, and is the sequel to Promise of Blood (2013). The third and last book, titled The Autumn Republic, was released on February 10, 2015. The audiobook was narrated by Christian Rodska.
Reading order · The Powder Mage trilogy
Full order & progress →- Promise of BloodStart here
8.18.1 / 10 - The Crimson CampaignThis book
8.48.4 / 10 - The Autumn Republic
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.6 across 345 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 10 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.6 | 335 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Crimson Campaign?
It has 638 pages — longer than 64% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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