The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)
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An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to...
The Dark Defiles
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Compared to Michael Moorcock and Joe Abercrombie alike, Richard Morgan's fast moving and brutal...
Nightbreed (1990)
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Aaron, a troubled young man who has been led to believe by his psychotherapist that he is a serial...
Night Breed Dark fantasy Cabal Danny Elfman
David McK (3755 KP) rated The Painted Man (the Demon Cycle, Book 1) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
This is set in a world where Demons rise through the ground every night to terrorise/slowly cull the few remaining humans, the novel follows three seperate survivors of such attacks. It's pretty obvious that they are, eventually, going to meet up, which only happens in the latter porion of the book, by which stage one of the survivors has become The Painted Man (i.e. covered in magical wards, which the demons can't stand) of the title.
An enjoyable enough read, but I did find this to be occassionally hard going. I also picked it up when Waterstones had it on sale for about £3: for that price, I'm happy enough, but I also wouldn't be looking for the sequels at full price either.
Miriah (5 KP) rated Wizard's First Rule in Books
Jul 26, 2017
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
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Hush, Hush is a 2009 New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy novel by Becca Fitzpatrick and...
Akame Ga Kill!: Vol. 5
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It's Night Raid versus the Jaegers in Volume 5 of the hit dark fantasy Akame ga KILL! When the...
The Gaelic King (2017)
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Set in war-torn 800AD Scotland, The Gaelic King tells the story of warrior-king Alpin mac Eachdach....
ArecRain (8 KP) rated Lexin's Quest in Books
Jan 18, 2018
This is the second story I have read by Tamara Hartl, and further solidified my appreciation for her. If you have read her novel Dark Lord of Kismera, then you are familiar with her fantastic world and characters as well as her easy writing style. If you havent read Hartl before, I highly recommend her. Her Dark Lord series is a perfect mesh of fantasy and romance with a nice touch of heat. Her mythology is easy to understand and I didnt feel left behind when she described anything fantastical. I also feel that you dont have to read the first in the series to enjoy the second. The author lets you know everything pertinent to enjoy the story.
I recommend Hartl to anyone looking for a steamy fantasy with an amazing world.
The Rise of Nagash
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In the fantasy world of Warhammer, magic suffuses the land to such an extent that even the dead can...