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Anna Stephens is the UK-based author of the Godblind trilogy - Goblind, Darksoul, Bloodchild - and The Songs of the Drowned trilogy - The Stone Knife, The Jaguar Path, The Dark Feather. Anna also writes for Black Library and Marvel Comics.
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	Godblind (Godblind, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 2,472 ratings — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darksoul (The Godblind, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 957 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloodchild (The Godblind, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 691 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Knife (The Songs of the Drowned, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gothghul Hollow (Tales of Mhurghast #1) 3.74 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jaguar Path (The Songs of the Drowned, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Covens of Blood by Anna Stephens (Goodreads Author), Liane Merciel (Goodreads Author), Jamie Crisalli 3.77 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Feather (The Songs of the Drowned #3) 4.44 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Serpent and The Dead: A Marvel: Legends of Asgard Novel 3.82 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen of Deception: A Marvel Legends of Asgard Novel 3.74 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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House of Leaves

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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

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I Want That Twink OBLITERATED!

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“Rivil dropped back to walk at Crys’s side. ‘Bit of a limp there,’ he whispered. Crys glanced at Janis, then back to Rivil. ‘It’s the size of my cock,’ he whispered, ‘drags me to the right. What’s a man to do?”
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“Crys stared at the space where the god had been, open-mouthed, dazed, shuddering with cold and shock and just barely holding on to the contents of his stomach and his arse.”
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“He could always tie his hand to his sword if necessary, as long as he remembered not to scratch his arse with it afterwards.”
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2nd Quarter 2021 - Fantasy #1

The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick, 672p

3 votes, 15.8%

The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling, 524p

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Witherward by Hannah Mathewson, 400p

3 votes, 15.8%

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J. Parker, 350p

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Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, 362p

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Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer, 368p

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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, 500p

1 vote, 5.3%

Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long, 403p

1 vote, 5.3%

The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts, 830p

1 vote, 5.3%

The Forgetting Moon by Brian Lee Durfee, 800p

1 vote, 5.3%

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, 494p

0 votes, 0.0%

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline, 307p

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Godblind by Anna Stephens, 408p

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All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter, 368p

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