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  • Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It’s enough to make a torturer want to run – if he could even walk without a stick.Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country...
  • The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

    The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lionsTamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and no hope of reinforcements...
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    dark  epic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition.To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake...
  • The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Shadows Linger by Glen Cook

    Shadows Linger by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts. The Lady is evil, but so, too, are those who falsely profess to follow the White Rose, reincarnation of a centuries-dead heroine...
  • The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army...
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    dark  epic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Dreams of Steel by Glen Cook

    Dreams of Steel by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Croaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors--determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter what the cost...
  • She is the Darkness by Glen Cook

    She is the Darkness by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Lightning snarls and barks. Rage is an animate force upon the plain of glittering stone. Even shadows are afraid.At the heart of the plain stands a vast grey stronghold, unknown, older than any written memory. One ancient tower has collapsed across the fissure...
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    dark  epic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Water Sleeps by Glen Cook

    Water Sleeps by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journey there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new world gained and lost...all at a terrible price...
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    dark  epic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan

    The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling Raven’s Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for “fans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels.”* Now, Anthony Ryan begins a new saga, The Draconis Memoria...Throughout the vast lands controlled by the Ironship Syndicate, nothing is more prized than the blood of drakes...
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    dark  epic  military  war  action-adventure  assassins  audiobook  book
  • Cry Havoc by Mike Morris

    Cry Havoc by Mike Morris

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say when the demons come, you either fight or you die. The Black Dogs know this all too well. For three hundred years, the warrior priests have sacrificed their lives to keep the island nation of Abios safe from the flesh-eating Nostros, while the rest of the world fell under the demons’ savagery. However, an armada now stands poised to invade mankind’s last bastion...
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    dark  epic  war  action-adventure  adult  apocalyptic  audiobook  book
  • The Dark Defiles by Richard K. Morgan

    The Dark Defiles by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The final part of Richard Morgan's fast-moving and brutal fantasy brings Ringil to his final reckoning and sees the world tipping into another war with the dragon folk. And, most terrifying of all, the prophecy of a dark lord come to rule may be coming true very close to home ..
  • Priest of Bones by Peter McLean

    Priest of Bones by Peter McLean

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But things have changed while he was away: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg--his people--have run out of food and hope and places to hide. Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his with help from Anne, his brother, Jochan, and his new gang: the Pious Men...
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    dark  epic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Bleak Seasons by Glen Cook

    Bleak Seasons by Glen Cook

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    "Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive....I am Murgen, Standard bearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead. One-Eye won't, and hardly anyone else can read or write...
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    dark  epic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock

    The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    John Daker dreams of other worlds, and a name: Erekosë. He finds the strength to answer the call, travelling to a strange land ruled by the aging King Rigenos of Necranal. Humanity is united in a desperate fight against the inhuman Eldren, and he must fight with them. But the actions of his brethren turns his loyalties, and as Erekosë he will take a terrible revenge...
  • The Last Sacrifice by James A. Moore

    The Last Sacrifice by James A. Moore

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Since time began, the Grakhul – immortal servants of the gods – have taken human sacrifices to keep the world in balance and the gods appeased. When the choose the family of warrior Brogan McTyre, everything changes. Brogan begins the toughest battle of his life to free his family from their terrible fate. But when you challenge the gods, you challenge the very fabric of society...
  • The Black Company by Glen Cook

    The Black Company by Glen Cook

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her..
  • The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock

    The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The third novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion...
  • Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse...
  • The Vagrant by Peter Newman

    The Vagrant by Peter Newman

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Vagrant is his name. He has no other. Friendless and alone he walks across a desolate, war-torn landscape, carrying nothing but a kit-bag, a legendary sword and a baby. His purpose is to reach the Shining City, last bastion of the human race, and deliver the sword, the only weapon that may make a difference in the ongoing war...
  • The Last Four Things by Paul Hoffman

    The Last Four Things by Paul Hoffman

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The epic story of Thomas Cale-introduced so memorably in "The Left Hand of God"--continues as the Redeemers use his prodigious gifts to further their sacred goal: the extinction of humankind and the end of the world. To the warrior-monks known as the Redeemers, who rule over massive armies of child slaves, "the last four things" represent the culmination of a faithful life. Death. Judgement...
  • A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

    A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    For the first time, all five novels in the epic fantasy series that inspired HBO's "Game of Thrones "are together in one boxed set. An immersive entertainment experience unlike any other, A Song of Ice and Fire has earned George R. R. Martin--dubbed "the American Tolkien" by "Time" magazine--international acclaim and millions of loyal readers...
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  • Berserk, Vol. 10 by Kentaro Miura

    Berserk, Vol. 10 by Kentaro Miura

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Warrior supreme Guts has returned, and just in time to save the weakened Band of the Hawk from certain destruction… and to form an intimate bond with the beautiful warrior Casca. But job one is to find a way to free Griffith, the Hawks' leader, from the dank dungeons and round-the-clock tortures of the Hawks' former benefactor, the King of Midland...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  comics  crime
  • Berserk, Vol. 8 by Kentaro Miura

    Berserk, Vol. 8 by Kentaro Miura

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    he century-spanning war between Midland and Chuder continues unabated. The two warring kingdoms, vying for supremacy, launch headfirst into what will become the final battle. Leading the Midland forces are the Band of the Hawk, lead by the charismatic Griffith, with the fearless Guts as his trusted champion...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  comics  crime
  • Berserk, Vol. 9 by Kentaro Miura

    Berserk, Vol. 9 by Kentaro Miura

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Griffith, charismatic leader of the elite mercenary Band of the Hawk, has seen better days. His fearless champion, Guts, has left the Band, defeating Griffith in personal combat as his ticket out. With his judgment clouded by this unthinkable humiliation, Griffith eases his pain in the arms of the daughter of Midland’s king...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  comics  crime
  • Berserk, Vol. 5 by Kentaro Miura

    Berserk, Vol. 5 by Kentaro Miura

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    He is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a warrior of legendary prowess — relentless, fearless, merciless. As cold and brutal as the iron of the massive sword he wields. Bent on revenge against the unholy forces that have branded him for sacrifice, but especially on Griffith, one of the demon lords of the Godhand...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  comics  crime
  • Berserk, Vol. 6 by Kentaro Miura

    Berserk, Vol. 6 by Kentaro Miura

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Back in the day, Guts the Black Swordsman was a top slayer for The Band of the Hawk, an elite mercenary unit led by Griffith, whose calm demeanor and callow beauty belied his fighting prowess and steel will...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  comics  crime
  • Berserk, Vol. 4 by Kentaro Miura

    Berserk, Vol. 4 by Kentaro Miura

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Now that the evil Count has been killed and dragged to Hell by the demon lords of the Godhand, Guts, the Black Swordsman, hooks up with his former benefactor, the mercenary Gambino. But it’s a deadly reunion, one that nearly takes Guts’ life...
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    dark  epic  war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  comics  crime
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