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An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat by Glen Cook

An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat

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Glen Cook

Night Shade Books · Ebook · November 1, 2008

The Dread Empire, a gritty world of larger-than-life plots, nation-shattering conflict, maddening magic, strange creatures, and raw, flawed heroes, all shown through the filter of Cook's inimitable war-correspondent prose.

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Who it’s for
For when you want Glen Cook’s grit and magic in a compact, unsentimental dose.
Genres
Military Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Published
Night Shade Books, November 1, 2008

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The Dread Empire, a gritty world of larger-than-life plots, nation-shattering conflict, maddening magic, strange creatures, and raw, flawed heroes, all shown through the filter of Cook's inimitable war-correspondent prose.

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The Dread Empire, spanning from the highest peaks of the Dragon's Teeth to the endless desert lands of Hammad al Nakir, from besieged Kavelin to mighty Shinshan, the Empire Unacquainted with Defeat, with its fearless, masked soldiers, known as the Demon Guard…

Hard-Edge Fantasy

For when you want Glen Cook’s grit and magic in a compact, unsentimental dose.

Come here for

  • dark, political fantasy
  • short-story shape, quick dips in and out

Expect

  • list-driven entry point
  • edgy atmosphere over comfort

Where it sits

Epic Fantasy71%
Dark Fantasy65%
Military Fantasy41%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Epic Fantasy
  • Paranormal Fantasy
Authors
Glen Cook
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
November 1, 2008
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Action & Adventure