Prompts

Fantasy/ scifi with really tough worlds, where everything is stacked against the main character?

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@bloguldesefe
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No YA, pls, I'm too old for this sh... stuff! :) Some examples of what I mean: Baru Cormorant, Book of the New Sun, Broken Earth, Winter Road, Blood Song, Witcher, Xenogenesis, Th1rte3n, Priest of Bones, Left Hand of Darkness.

The Name of the Wind

#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle

1 • 2,701 Readers • 669 pages • 4.4

Parable of the Sower

#1 of 2 in Earthseed

1993 • 1,207 Readers • 350 pages • 4.2

A Memory Called Empire

#1 of 2 in Teixcalaan

2019 • 1,087 Readers • 464 pages • 4.2

The Way of Kings

#1 of 10 in The Stormlight Archive

2010 • 2,950 Readers • 1,007 pages • 4.6

Best Served Cold

#1 of 3 in World of the First Law

2009 • 532 Readers • 536 pages • 4.1

Persepolis Rising

#7 of 9 in The Expanse

2017 • 625 Readers • 560 pages • 4.3

Cover 2

2007 • 1 Reader • 4

Assassin's Apprentice

#1 of 3 in The Farseer Trilogy

1995 • 1,072 Readers • 400 pages • 4.1

Dragon Rider

#1 of 2 in The Soulbound Saga

2023 • 76 Readers • 565 pages • 3.7