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Gareth L. Powell

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Average rating: 3.84 · 25,055 ratings · 3,163 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	Embers of War (Embers of War, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 6,713 ratings — published 2018 — 24 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
	Fleet of Knives (Embers of War, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 3,264 ratings — published 2019 — 21 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
	Light of Impossible Stars (Embers of War, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 2,468 ratings — published 2020 — 20 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
	Stars and Bones (Continuance #1) 3.66 avg rating — 2,391 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Descendant Machine (Continuance #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,062 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Ack-Ack Macaque (Ack-Ack Macaque, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,169 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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
	Future's Edge 3.75 avg rating — 781 ratings — published 2025 — 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 Recollection 3.74 avg rating — 533 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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
	Ragged Alice 3.51 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Hive Monkey (Ack-Ack Macaque, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2013 — 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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This was the most fun I've had reading a book in a long time. Wickedly funny and deliciously scary. Crackling romantic tension and surprisingly moving characters. I cackled in some places, and my blood froze in others. ...more
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“There are two kinds of courage. There's the kind you get from knowing that what you're doing is right. And there's the kind you get from knowing its hopeless and wrong, and just not giving a damn.”
― Gareth L. Powell, The Last Reef

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“We never know when we’re living through the good times. It’s only when everything turns to ashes and crap we realize how fortunate we really were.”
― Gareth L. Powell

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“Sometimes the needs of the mission outweigh the requirements of the rulebook,”
― Gareth L. Powell, Embers of War

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