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In the view of Jared Shurin, grimdark fantasy has three key components: a grim and dark tone, a sense of realism (for example, monarchs are useless and heroes are flawed), and the agency of the protagonists: whereas in high fantasy everything is predestined and the tension revolves around how the heroes defeat the Dark Lord, grimdark is ...
As well as authoring fantasy literature, Smith Spark works in the civil service. [1] The Court of Broken Knives, Smith Spark's first novel and the first in the Empires of Dust trilogy, was released in 2017. Focused on four protagonists, the story is a grimdark fantasy about an attempt to overthrow the Sekemleth Empire.
The Poppy War is a 2018 fantasy novel by American author R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager.A grimdark fantasy, it draws plot points and politics from mid-20th-century China, [1] [2] [3] with the conflict in the novel based on the Second Sino-Japanese War, and an atmosphere inspired by the Song dynasty. [4]
This article lists notable fantasy novels (and novel series). [1] [2] The books appear in alphabetical order by title (beginning with A to H) (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation. Science-fiction novels and short-story collections are not included ...
This article lists notable fantasy novels (and novel series). [1] [2] The books appear in alphabetical order by title (beginning with S to Z) (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation. Science-fiction novels and short-story collections are not included ...
This article lists notable fantasy novels (and novel series). [1] [2] The books appear in alphabetical order by title (beginning with I to R) (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation. Science-fiction novels and short-story collections are not included ...
Dark fantasy, also called fantasy horror, is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror elements with one or other of the standard formulas of fantasy. [ 1 ]
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