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	Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Mark Alder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.59 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 1, October 2014 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King Must Fall by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Sarah Chorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 2, January 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeremy Szal (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Richard K. Morgan (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 3, April 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), R. Scott Bakker, Luke Scull (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 4, July 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard S. Ford (Goodreads Author), Matthew Ward (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 5, October 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 10, January 2017 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anthony Ryan (Goodreads Author), Jesse Bullington (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 6, January 2016 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author), Peter Orullian (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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REVIEW: Steel Gods by Richard Swan

After the epic events of Grave Empire The Great Silence is coming for the City of Sleep, the last bastion of human unconsciousness. Should it fall, the people of not only Sova, but of the world—all races, creeds, and nationalities—will fall. Escalation, thy name is Richard Swan’s Steel Gods.

Cover of Steel Gods by Richard Swan In Steel Gods, the survivors of book one are tasked with finding a way to protect the City of Sleep. But wit

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Adrian Collins made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please create a series for Grimdark Magazine (quarterly) topic " Hi team, Could you please create a series for Grimdark Magazine, a quarterly ongoing publication. There are 40 issues, and I have linked them below: GdM ...more "
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“There was no black and white viewpoint, just seven billion shades of grey in between.”
― Adrian Collins, Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists

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July/August '17 Group Read

Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists edited by Adrian Collins

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Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

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Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

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Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell

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The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark

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Age of Iron by Angus Watson

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The Grim Company by Luke Scull

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The Mountains Rise by Michael G. Manning

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