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Andy Darby

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Andy Darby writes sword & sorcery, grimdark and historical fantasy about terrible people doing terrible things to considerably worse people. A former heavy metal singer and martial artist, he lives in Cornwall with his wife, cats, too many books and an entirely reasonable number of swords. His fiction contains killers, heretics, monsters, doomed souls and appalling life choices. Nobody is safe. Redemption is unlikely. The cats remain unimpressed.

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	Me And The Monkey (Chronicles of The Monkey God, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 77 ratings — 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
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	The Paddington Incident it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 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
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