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I saw my first goblin the same day I saw my first shipwreck.
I was under sail, on my way to war. On my way to fall in love with death, and with a queen.
On my way to lose all of my friends, and two of my brothers.
I would see a great city fall in blood and fire, betrayed by a false god.
Later, I would be commanded to die on a high stone bridge, but I would fail in this.
The rest of the First Lanza of His Majesty’s Corvid Knights would not fail.
This is not a happy story, but it is a true one.
I have no time for lies, or for liars.
And yes, Corvid Knights are as badass as you think. Maybe more.
I'm getting so many good recommendations and I'm so happy I posted this.
I went scrabbling through my lending library to find good stuff when I saw this.
I love these posts.
If you want recommendations, let me know a few things you loved and I'll send more your way!
I'm a massive quality snob so you'll get no low-grade prose in anything I send you.
Please do!
I've put loads of stuff in the thread but what I'm saying is let me know a couple of books you've enjoyed and then I can narrow it down a bit.
Before you read The Daughters War check out The Blacktongue Thief. And if you like that, I'd also recommend Between Two Fires. Christopher Buehlman is fantastic.
Holy shit, what a great way to find out there's a prequel to the Blacktongue Thief. Which also fits in this thread.
Buehlman has an incredible way with words and with giving characters an absolutely unique narrative voice.
If you can do the audiobook version of Daughters War, I'd highly recommend it.
The reader is super charismatic and is a woman with some kind of latin accent that fits the tone and mood of the viewpoint characters so well.
It's like being at a poetry reading in postwar Spain.