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The Deep And The Drowned (Cutlass & Crow book 1) by Ian Green (book review)
Pauline Morgan finds Ian Green's grimdark nautical fantasy, The Deep And The Drowned, cluttered, confusing and short on characters worth following.
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Grimdark fantasy takes a bleak view of its worlds and the choices facing its characters. Moral ambiguity and harsh consequences often sit alongside violence and political conflict.
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Daughter Of Crows (The Academy Of Kindness book 1) by Mark Lawrence (book review).
The three Furies punish the gods for their crimes. In the ancient past, humanity sinned so well that the Fates came to earth…
March 2022
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The Black Company: The First Novel Of The Chronicles Of The Black Company by Glen Cook (book review).
A comet arcs across the night sky and is a herald of the prophecy. The White Rose has been reborn and will rise…