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series1 book2016
Fantasy, tense in tone, set in underground & caves.
“When he saves the Death king's daughter from a yellow-eyed assassin, apprentice Reaper Xavier Devouh is thrown from a cliff and vanishes into the depths of the Ocean realm.”
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series19 books1976
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series13 books2006
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Romance, emotional in tone, about amnesia and war.
“Described as both dark fantasy, horror and gothic romance, and sometimes erroneously classified as dark romance, the standalone novel follows the life of a former alchemist, Helena Marino, as she recovers her memories of a civil war.”
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MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, about war.
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Tales of the Flat EarthSeries
series14 books1978
completed
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