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‘Half A King’: Wholly Satisfying

August 14, 2017 by Lyda Morehouse Leave a Comment

Half a King (Shattered Sea #1) Joe Abercrombie Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (2015) David Gemmell Legend Award Nominee (2015) Fantasy, particularly high fantasy – the type with kings and queens with swords and fiery steeds that takes place in some vaguely Medieval European setting – has been a really hard sell for…

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