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The Outlaw and the Upstart King

by Rod Duncan

Steampunk Fantasy
Published 2019 Pages 408 ~7h Audience Adult Heat 🔥 Pacing Mixed Magic Soft
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Darkness Level 3 — Serious
Death, violence and emotional weight are present

Synopsis

Elizabeth Barnabus returns, to uncover the secrets and mysteries of the Gas-Lit Empire, in the startling sequel to The Queen of All Crows. As it is inked, so shall your oaths and bindings be. Tattoos are the only law on the Island of the Free, and there can never be a king. Every clan agrees on that. But a returning exile has smuggled something acr…

Tropes

Outcast HeroAnti-HeroPolitical IntrigueRebellionSuccession Crisis

Tone

MysteriousAdventurousDark & Serious

Content Warnings

graphic-violencewarabuse

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