Tag: grimdark
Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path #1) by Michael R. Fletcher
Black Stone Heart has phenomenal and highly immersive world-building, top-notch characterization, and beautiful, poignant, and macabre prose
She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path #2) by Michael R. Fletcher
The main character is as fucked up as you’d ever expect your most hated book antagonist to be. Only this time, he’s not an antagonist. He’s the main character.
The Trouble With Peace (The Age of Madness #2) by Joe Abercrombie
It’s a real-life lesson in leadership, an allusion to pretentious saviour-Stalins and Christ-Hitlers who believe that they can change the world by breaking it first.
Attrition: The First Act of Penance (Three Acts of Penance #1)
The book proves it’s possible to write Grimdark fantasy without anti-heroes (take that Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie fans!).