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Declare

by Tim Powers

Historical FantasyMythic Fantasy
Published 2010 Pages 576 ~10h Audience Adult Heat 🔥🔥 Pacing Mixed Magic Soft
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Darkness Level 4 — Dark
Violence, trauma and morally harsh outcomes

Synopsis

London, 1963. A cryptic phone call forces ex-MI6 agent Andrew Hale to confront the nightmare that has haunted his adult life: an ultra-secret wartime operation, codenamed Declare. This operation ended in a night of betrayal and mind-shattering terror on the slopes of Mount Ararat. Now his superiors want him to return to the mountain.

Tropes

BetrayalHidden SocietyQuest

Awards

🏆 World Fantasy Winner

Tone

Dark & SeriousMysteriousAdventurous

Content Warnings

abusetorturepsychological-trauma

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