{{short description|Fantasy series}} {{Orphan|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox book series | name = The Copper Promise | image = The_Copper_Promise_cover.png | image_caption = Cover of the 2014 Headline paperback edition | books = ''Ghosts of the Citadel'' (2013)<br />''Children of the Fog'' (2014)<br /> ''Prince of Wounds'' (2014)<br /> ''Upon the Ashen Blade'' (2014) | author = Jen Williams | editors = | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | genre = Fantasy | discipline = | publisher = Headline | pub_date = 2013 - 2014 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print, e-book | number_of_books = 4 | list_books = | preceded by = | followed by = The Iron Ghost<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hughes|first1=Sarah|title=Feeding the Hunger – female writers are storming the male citadels of sci-fi|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/12/feeding-the-hunger-female-writers-are-storming-the-male-citadels-of-sci-fi|accessdate=2 October 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref> }}
'''''The Copper Promise''''' is a 2013 fantasy novella series by Jen Williams and her debut work.<ref name=SciFiNow/> It was initially released between December 2013 and January 2014 as a set of four e-book novellas and has since been published in paperback format as a single volume through Headline ({{ISBN|978-1472211118}}).
==Plot== The story concerns the deposed Lord Frith's search for vengeance against the killers of his family. In the process, he employs the services of two mercenaries, Sebastian and Wydrin. Their actions in the early part of the story result in the release of a dragon god and an unstoppable army, and much of the subsequent narrative covers their attempts to make amends for this disaster.
==Books== #''Ghosts of the Citadel'' (20 December 2013) #''Children of the Fog'' (2 January 2014) #''Prince of Wounds'' (16 January 2014) #''Upon the Ashen Blade'' (30 January 2014)
==Reception== Critical reception for ''The Copper Promise'' has been predominantly positive.<ref>{{cite web|last=Norris|first=Phil|title=The Copper Promise by Jennifer Williams|url=http://fantasy-faction.com/2013/the-copper-promise-ghosts-of-the-citadel-by-jennifer-williams|work=Fantasy Faction|accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref> ''SciFiNow'' praised the work as being "a gripping, fast-paced adventure that’s a must-read" with "realistically flawed characters",<ref name=SciFiNow>{{cite web|last=Nicholls|first=Claire|title=Jen Williams' The Copper Promise is a gripping, fast-paced adventure that's a must-read|url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/the-copper-promise-by-jen-williams-book-review/|work=SciFi Now|date=6 February 2014 |publisher=Imagine Publishing|accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref> and the ''British Fantasy Society'' also cited the characters as one of the highlights of the work.<ref>{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Richard|title=The Copper Promise by Jen Williams. Book review|url=https://britishfantasysociety.org/reviews/the-copper-promise-by-jen-williams-book-review/|publisher=British Fantasy Society|accessdate=10 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331184713/https://britishfantasysociety.org/reviews/the-copper-promise-by-jen-williams-book-review/|archive-date=2014-03-31}}</ref> ''Sfcrowsnest'' also gave the book a favorable review, as they appreciated that the book did not have "one of those sickening cliff-hangers at the end" and that it was "better than the average fantasy novel out there on the market."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Copper Promise by Jen Williams (book review)|url=http://sfcrowsnest.org.uk/the-copper-promise-by-jen-williams-book-review/|publisher=SFCrowsnest|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>
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