Warded Wolf

I’ve got two debuts published by Del Rey and I can’t decide which one to read first. Both are generating quite a bit of chatter and buzz on the intarwebs, not unlike certain debuts a couple of years back by Scott Lynch and Patrick Rothfuss. Clearly, Del Rey made great signings with Peter V. Brett’s The Warded Man and Robert V.S. Redick’s The Red Wolf Conspiracy. When these two books were released in the UK last year, they received a lot of positive buzz from the fan communities I moderate and and frequent, as well as some good reviews.

The Warded/Painted Man discussion @ SFFWorld
The Warded/Painted Man discussion @ Westeros
Hobbit’s review of The Warded Man at SFFWorld
The Painted Man review by Adam Whitehead
The Warded Man review by Aida Moher

The Red Wolf Conspiracy discussion @ SFFWorld
The Red Wolf Conspiracy discussion @ Westeros
The Red Wolf Conspiracy reviewed by Hobbit @ SFFWorld
The Red Wolf Conspiracy review by Adam Whitehead
The Red Wolf Conspiracy review by Robert Thompson/Fantasy Book Critic.

So, which debut epic fantasy should I move up the reading pile and try next? Maybe the poll will help me decide.