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Before They Are Hanged
The First Law Trilogy (Book 2)
Written by Joe Abercrombie
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie deepens The First Law with brutal journeys, collapsing ideals, and grim consequences that expose the true cost of power.
Blackwing
Raven's Mark (Book 1)
Written by Ed McDonald
Blackwing by Ed McDonald launches a grimdark fantasy of poisoned lands, eldritch powers, and a broken enforcer fighting to survive in a dying world.
City of Last Chances
The Tyrant Philosophers (Book 1)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a grimdark fantasy set in Ilmar, a city under rationalist occupation on the brink of revolution. A mosaic of rebels, criminals, and displaced gods caught in the spark before the conflagration.
Crowfall
Raven's Mark (Book 3)
Written by Ed McDonald
Crowfall by Ed McDonald is the brutal finale to the Raven’s Mark trilogy, where war ends, gods fall, and survival demands impossible sacrifice.
Days of Shattered Faith
The Tyrant Philosophers (Book 3)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian Tchaikovsky moves the Palleseen conquest to Alkhalend, a city of ancient faiths and rival heirs. A grimdark fantasy of loyalty, succession, and the moment an empire's reach exceeds its grasp.
House of Open Wounds
The Tyrant Philosophers (Book 2)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a grimdark fantasy set in a field hospital behind the Palleseen front lines, where forbidden healers patch up the empire's wounded. A war novel about complicity, compassion, and the cost of survival.
Last Argument Of Kings
The First Law Trilogy (Book 3)
Written by Joe Abercrombie
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie delivers a ruthless grimdark finale where wars conclude, illusions collapse, and power reveals its true cost.
Pretenders to the Throne of God
The Tyrant Philosophers (Book 4)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a grimdark fantasy of siege warfare, renegade magic, and imperial overreach. The Palleseen Sway meets a city that won't fall - and must unleash the very forces it has sworn to destroy.
Ravencry
Raven's Mark (Book 2)
Written by Ed McDonald
Ravencry by Ed McDonald escalates the Raven’s Mark saga with open war, collapsing alliances, and eldritch horrors unleashed across a dying land.
The Blade Itself
The First Law Trilogy (Book 1)
Written by Joe Abercrombie
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie launches a grimdark fantasy where flawed anti-heroes, brutal politics, and dark humour dismantle epic fantasy tradition.