Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
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The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)
23 editions
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2019
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The Shadow Saint (The Black Iron Legacy, #2)
17 editions
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2020
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The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1)
11 editions
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2023
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The Broken God (The Black Iron Legacy, #3)
12 editions
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2021
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The Sword Unbound (Lands of the Firstborn, #2)
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Tolkien's World: A Guide to the Peoples and Places of Middle-Earth
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18 editions
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2012
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Traveller Core Rulebook
2 editions
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2008
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The Laundry
2 editions
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published
2010
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Tales from Wilderland
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5 editions
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2012
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The Darkening of Mirkwood
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3 editions
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2012
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"A very well written take on what happens in a Tolkien inspired world when Sauron is defeated and the fellowship must now clean up the mess he left behind as well as the messes they themselves created. Hanrahan’s experience in the table top RPG world "
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Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
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The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1):
"A really great spin on the what-happens-after-you-defeat-the-Dark-Lord premise that I enjoyed a whole lot. It's very much a Tolkien-esque world with a band of 9 heroes who traveled together to defeat the bad guy, but then does a fascinating job of ex"
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There's a synopsis of book 1 on my website (garhanrahan dot com) if that's of use...
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"I should have waited for book 3 to come out because the suspense is killing me"
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ElwoodRadley's review
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The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1):
"This was fucking awesome. Hanrahan writes awesome monsters. I’d love him to do a sci-fi series, it would be fucking terrifying. "
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Don't be absurd - I understand the frustration! No apologies needed.
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Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
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Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1)
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Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
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The Sword Defiant:
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.”
― The Gutter Prayer
― The Gutter Prayer
“God’s shit,” says Aleena. “That’s your idea of a fucking short cut? Let’s save time by getting sodomised by magic worms?”
― The Gutter Prayer
― The Gutter Prayer
“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.”
― The Gutter Prayer
She contemplates robbing him and leaving him in a ditch.”
― The Gutter Prayer
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