I read a lot. Mostly dark fantasy, grimdark, weird fiction, and anything that takes risks. These are honest reviews β no politics, no fluff. Just craft analysis from one author to another.
I named my son after David Gemmell. If that doesn't tell you what this book means to me, nothing will.
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Three days, twelve POVs, tons of grimdark!
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Yes, yes, YES! Indian cyberpunk with Hindu gods as emergent phenomena of the network.
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An assassin eats noodles in the kitchen of the parents she just killed, waiting for their daughter...
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He thought he was the one watching. A driver develops an obsession for his wealthy employer...
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BRIDGE FOUR! Roshar doesn't feel invented β it feels discovered!
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In an alternate universe where erudite people are rich and famous, Tyler Kimball would be studied in universities...
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Six heroes. One suicide mission against the Liche Queen.
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Hero loses everything. Hero keeps going. Grant knows where to plant the knife.
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Street fighters, ex-assassins, people with psionic powers they don't know they have, a city that lives and dies by salt.
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A war veteran returns home with a paralyzed hand and a mind that won't stop fighting...
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Fantastic faunal worldbuilding, nuanced racial tension, and a writer who HAS something to say...
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Two idiots try to spy on bathing priestesses. They climb the wrong wall...
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Dragons are mayors. Sylphs are bored weapons of mass destruction...
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WWI paranormal history with methodical rigor...
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A city where reality is shaped by thought. A non-human protagonist exploring what it means to love <3
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Comfort food fantasy done right. A veteran warrior, a hidden princess, and tons of words of pure page-turner craftsmanship.
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Double wow! Pulp noir meets superhero deconstruction!
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A man refuses a crown and spends 40 chapters dealing with the consequences.
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A gripping four-hour thriller. What would you do to get your child back?
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The Law is not justice. Loyalty is not innocence...
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Epic fantasy with serious ambitions. Not your typical good-versus-evil clash.
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Three princesses, three wyverns, one kingdom on the brink...
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A grimdark revolution told through seven POVs in a single day.
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A dragon gets captured. A troll decides not to eat her...
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Robots who inherited nostalgia for an extinct humanity.
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A dungeon crawl with effective horror atmosphere, buried under excessive exposition...
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What happens when youβre on an alien planet and the oxygen is about to run out?
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