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The Dark Defiles (A Land Fit for Heroes, #3)

by Richard K. Morgan

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read in July 2014

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Jed said: " Last night I finished The Dark Defiles: I'm reading an ARC thanks to the publisher and it's a great conclusionof the Ringil Eskiath story.

As one would expect, this book which I rate as extraordinary, would be greatly weakened without reading the fir ...more "

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"Really, without reading the first two books I'd be very bewildered. But I already love these characters and thus, it works great for me. Wait til you meet the Warhelm and a little more Sci-Fi elements. Just keeps getting better." — Jul 07, 2014 11:20PM

Jul 15, 2014 02:41PM · see review

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