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5 Grimdark Fantasy Books with Underground Worlds

Explore five grimdark fantasy books featuring subterranean worlds, cavern cities, volcanic under-realms and underground empires. Includes Faithless, Flames of Mira, The Fade, The Gutter Prayer, and Sam Middleton’s underground epic Eluthienn.

5 Grimdark Fantasy Books with Strange Magic Systems

Explore the best grimdark fantasy books with strange, innovative, or eldritch magic systems — from industrial sorcery to alien magi-tech. Featuring Joe Abercrombie, R.F. Kuang, Ed McDonald, Gareth Hanrahan, and Sam Middleton’s Eluthienn.

Top 5 Grimdark Fantasy Books with Magi-Tech, Political Intrigue, and Eldritch Horror

Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred, Age of Madness Trilogy, Brent Weeks, The Black Prism, Lightbringer Series, Ed McDonald, Blackwing, Raven’s Mark Trilogy, Gareth Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer, Black Iron Legacy, Sam Middleton, Eluthienn, A Tale of the Fromryr.

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