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	Path of the Knight (Dark Ascension #1) 4.27 avg rating — 217 ratings — 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
	Path of the King (Dark Ascension #2) 4.41 avg rating — 102 ratings — 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
	Path of the Autarch (Dark Ascension #3) 4.46 avg rating — 85 ratings — 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
	Path of the Ascendant (Dark Ascension #4) 4.32 avg rating — 37 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
	The Bone Spear (The Flayed Sun Trilogy, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 28 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
	Master of Bones (God of Undeath #1) 4.78 avg rating — 9 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 Last General (Flayed Sun Novellas #1) 4.71 avg rating — 7 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
	Path of the Renegade 4.13 avg rating — 8 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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Flux by Jinwoo Chong

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This is a truly excellent book. The execution is flawless and Chong displays a really impressive control over his own writing that frankly makes me jealous. In particular, the way an 80's noir show ties in all of the different narrative elements and anchors the novel is really nice. Also, the show, and the way that scenes from it are described, m Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Alexander Layne

Dark Ascension (4 books)
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4.35 avg rating — 440 ratings

The Flayed Sun Trilogy (1 book)
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Alexander Layne liked Bill Rathbone's review of Path of the Knight (Dark Ascension #1): "Solid start to an interesting premise - the protagonist is wildly ambitious, willing to do almost anything in his quest for power. "
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