Series
The Charlatan Duology
Holly Black · 2 novels · 2022–2025
Holly Black's adult urban fantasy duology follows Charlie Hall, a small-time criminal turned bartender who used to work for gloamists, magicians who manipulate human shadows, and can't quite outrun that past. After stealing her lover Vince from the shadow-trafficking Cabal in Book of Night, Charlie becomes bound to his own severed shadow in Thief of Night, only to find he's lost his memories and reverted to Red, the ruthless enforcer he once was.
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By decade
- 2020s2
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Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
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- Thief of Nightdarkest · calmest
- Book of Nightbrightest · most intense