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Cate Baumer

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August 19

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Cate Baumer (she/her) is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Brilliant Soul duology (The Faithful Dark (2026)/The Ruthless Light (2027). She has lived in the metropolis of Tokyo and the back hills of Appalachia, and she currently writes around trying to keep various animals alive and well.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 722 ratings · 335 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Faithful Dark (The Brilliant Soul, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	As Born to Rule the Storm 4.15 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Butcher's Lot 4.18 avg rating — 51 ratings	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 Ruthless Light it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2027 — 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
	All the Blood in the Forest 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Love the new GR policy of asking where I received this book. I received it from my brain, this is my emotional support five stars I give myself for doing it, I hope everyone who reads it next year likes it too. Content notes to come, will post them h ...more
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Cate Baumer and 2 other people liked S. Bavey's review of As Born to Rule the Storm: "Reviewed as part of the finalist round of the SFINCS2 novella contest. Rating witheld until the end of the round. As Born to Rule the Storm is a beautiful, at times bleak and heart-wrenching novella set during a time of war. The bleakness of their sit" Read more of this review »
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