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The Red Sea

by Edward W. Robertson

Dark FantasyHigh Fantasy
Published 2015 Pages 375 ~6h Audience Adult Heat ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ Pacing Mixed Magic Soft
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Darkness Level 3 โ€” Serious
Death, violence and emotional weight are present

Synopsis

When Dante Galand was just a boy, his father Larsin sailed away to make his fortune. And never returned. Since then, Dante has become a great sorcerer. A ruler. A destroyer of kings. And he's just learned that his father is living on a forbidden island at the edge of the known world. Where he's dying of a mysterious plague. In the company of his frโ€ฆ

Tropes

Anti-HeroQuest

Tone

Dark & SeriousEpicMysterious

Content Warnings

wargraphic-violenceabuseslaverypsychological-trauma

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