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H.C. Newell is a #1 best-selling author of dark and epic fantasy. She is best known for the Fallen Light fictional universe. Newell's work has been compared to authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Andrejz Sapkowski, and Robert Jordan among others. ...more

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	Curse of the Fallen (Fallen Light, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2021 — 5 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 Advent of Winter by Dom McDermott (Goodreads Author), Thiago Abdalla (Goodreads Author), Kian N. Ardalan (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 218 ratings — 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
	The Forbidden Realms (Fallen Light, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 126 ratings — 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
	Shadows of Nyn'Dira (Fallen Light, #3) 4.69 avg rating — 67 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
	The Banished (A Fallen Light Novella) 4.64 avg rating — 56 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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“I’d rather die helping someone than live allowing them to suffer.”
― H.C. Newell, Curse of the Fallen

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“Every breath was another reminder of all she had lost. All the pain, all the suffering. Fuck fate. Fuck the Divines. Fuck everything.”
― H.C. Newell, Curse of the Fallen

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“In the end, it is all the same, you fight or you die.”
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