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	The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 4,878 ratings — published 2019 — 23 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 Shadow Saint (The Black Iron Legacy, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,558 ratings — published 2020 — 17 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 Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 2023 — 11 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 Broken God (The Black Iron Legacy, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2021 — 12 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 Sword Unbound (Lands of the Firstborn, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 208 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
	Tolkien's World: A Guide to the Peoples and Places of Middle-Earth by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Goodreads Author), Peter Mckinstry (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2012 — 18 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
	Traveller Core Rulebook 3.78 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2008 — 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 Laundry 4.02 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Tales from Wilderland by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Goodreads Author), Francesco Nepitello 4.31 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Darkening of Mirkwood by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Goodreads Author), Francesco Nepitello 4.20 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2012 — 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

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Babylon 5 omniverse (159 books)
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The Black Iron Legacy (3 books)
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Lands of the Firstborn (2 books)
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Trail of Cthulhu RPG (25 books)
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Night's Black Agents RPG (8 books)
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Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan answered a question about The Sword Defiant: Hi! Recommended reading age / Content warning? Thanks! Some language, quite a lot of violence but nothing too graphic. That said - it's a book about middle age and vanished youth, so it's more likely to resonate more with an older audience.
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“Ghouls love their eldritch mysterious stairwells descending infinitely into fucking shit-and-mushroom town.”
― Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer

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“God’s shit,” says Aleena. “That’s your idea of a fucking short cut? Let’s save time by getting sodomised by magic worms?”
― Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer

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“Ongent just keeps huffing and puffing up the steps, as if he's out for an afternoon constitutional and his only worry is getting to the top of this little hill, not getting robbed and left in a ditch.

She contemplates robbing him and leaving him in a ditch.”
― Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer

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The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

14 votes, 25.0%

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro

12 votes, 21.4%

The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

11 votes, 19.6%

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

9 votes, 16.1%

Starless by Jacqueline Carey

8 votes, 14.3%

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

2 votes, 3.6%

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