Grimdark

Grimdark is a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction (especially fantasy) that is, depending on the definition used, markedly dystopian or amoral, or particularly violent or realistic.

The word was inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”

The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
Best Served Cold
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Heroes
The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
Red Country
King of Thorns (Broken Empire, #2)
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonPrince of Fools by Mark  LawrenceTower Lord by Anthony RyanThe Broken Eye by Brent WeeksHalf a King by Joe Abercrombie
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Knight Hunted by L.A. GrantThe Call of the Sea by Kate SchumacherShadow & Brimstone by Magaidh DunbrochThe Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword by Dewey ConwaySnow so White by C. Gockel
Stuff Your Kindle Fantasy Edition
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Marilyn  Velez
In a large, abandoned field, I found myself cleaning the dung off the only pair of shoes I owned since I can remember. Perhaps, next time, I'll be more cautious of my steppings. It was at that moment when I found myself locking eyes with a creature whose sight I found utterly revolting. Marked from head to heel with hair so short, one could've mistaken the poor thing for a boy, except for the bountiful bosom, whose ample weight carried well. If I were to say the poor thing made Ms. Bottom Slippe ...more
Marilyn Velez, Tundra: The Darkest Hour

J.L. Coulbeck
You’ll get your drink. First round’s mine.” Thrazo grinned. “And there’s the poetry again.
J.L. Coulbeck, The Witch Hunter's Debt

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