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Morgan Shank

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Joe Abercrombie, Don Winslow, Nicholas Eames

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August 2021


In middle school, Morgan finally broke away from incoherent clumps of algebra to fill a composition notebook with his first handwritten novel. Since then, he's imagined his own Skyrim rather than fumble through objective studies.

For reasons unknown to anyone, he somehow found his way into a trucking gig, and he now enjoys a day job hauling freight. When he’s not trucking or writing, Morgan spends his time dabbling in landscape photography, running Spartan Races, and staring at the mountains that surround his hometown of Harrisonburg, VA, in the USA, which provide ample inspiration for his fantasy novels.
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There's not much I can say about this masterpiece that hasn't already been said, so I will simply say that this book inspired me. I've always dreamed of writing a world-spanning epic fantasy tale that brims with unique characters, complex magic, and ...more
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There's not much I can say about this masterpiece that hasn't already been said, so I will simply say that this book inspired me. I've always dreamed of writing a world-spanning epic fantasy tale that brims with unique characters, complex magic, and ...more
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The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
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I've read mixed reviews on this book, and I understand the dilemma.

This doesn't read like Abercrombie's other novels. From someone who built a reputation off character-driven fantasy, (or at least off of INTERESTING characters, as I know some reader
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I've read mixed reviews on this book, and I understand the dilemma.

This doesn't read like Abercrombie's other novels. From someone who built a reputation off character-driven fantasy, (or at least off of INTERESTING characters, as I know some reader
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Asunder by Kerstin  Hall
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Read this book.

I literally forgot to update my reading progress until after finishing this novel, and posting this review feels like an inadequate game of catch-up.

I love character-driven dark fantasy, but even in this genre, a few novels stand out
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Sea of Souls by N.C. Scrimgeour
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I like nothing better than a nice bit of dark fantasy with some monsters, mayhem, and magic. Couple that with pages of foggy coastlines, eerie moors, stormy nights, and you get a wonderfully vivid novel that deserves to be read on cool, rainy evening ...more
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Need a break from apocalyptic finales and nation-shattering wars? Want something other than back-stabbing rogues and tyrannical kings?

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