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Zamil Akhtar

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in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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The Gunmetal Gods Ultimate Collector's Edition is launching from Nov 14 to Dec 5, 2023! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/gunmetalgods

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When Zamil was fourteen, he moved from the dry, dune-spotted Arabian peninsula to the hilly, arctic wasteland that is Western Massachusetts. He despises the cold, isn’t very fond of the sun, and prefers spending all day indoors mashing the keyboard in the hopes something great will come of it. When not dreaming up dark and fantastical journeys, he enjoys binging horror movies, wasting precious time arguing about international relations on Reddit, and occasionally traveling ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 7,440 ratings · 1,076 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 4,050 ratings — published 2020	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
	Conqueror's Blood (Gunmetal Gods, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,286 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	Elder Epoch (Gunmetal Gods, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 725 ratings — 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
	Death Rider (Gunmetal Gods, #0.5) 3.94 avg rating — 443 ratings — 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
	Lightblade 3.97 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Dark Drinker (Gunmetal Gods, #4) 4.31 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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
	Death Hymns of Homara 4.26 avg rating — 81 ratings — 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
	The Anatomy of Fear by H.L.Tinsley (Goodreads Author), Tim Hardie (Goodreads Author), Jacob Sannox (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Grimdark Magazine Issue #44 by Beth Tabler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Chorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Zamil Akhtar (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2025	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
	Song of a Dead Star 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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Gunmetal Gods (4 books)
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Children of the Dead City

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“We’re all good men until we’re pushed to the edge. Then you either die a good man, or the good man in you dies.”
― Zamil Akhtar, Gunmetal Gods

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“Until now, I’d been living wrong. I’d been clinging to peace, when war was eternal. It was the inevitable, and you either won or watched everyone you love choke on blood.”
― Zamil Akhtar, Gunmetal Gods

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“Wisdom is veiled from the youth the way the stars are veiled in the morning.”
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