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"An empire drains it's prisoners in machines, while the main character plays a chess-like game with another warden Roman style setting"
October 1, 2026
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The Black Prism
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The Black Prism

Brent Weeks

2010
10 editions
No Cover
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Lightbringer Series, 5 Books Set, the Black Prism, the Blinding Knife, the Broken Eye, the Blood Mirror, the Burning White, by Brent Weeks

Brent Weeks

2023
1 edition
No Cover
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The black prism

Unknown Author

2013
1 edition
The Shadow of the Torturer
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The Shadow of the Torturer

Gene Wolfe

1980
22 editions
The Urth of the new sun
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The Urth of the new sun

Gene Wolfe

1987
12 editions
Dying Earth - Baen
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Dying Earth - Baen

Jack Vance, Arthur Morey

1950
17 editions
Songs of the Dying Earth
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Songs of the Dying Earth

George R. R. Martin, Gardner R. Dozois, Arthur Morey, Gardner Dozois

2009
12 editions
Tales of the Dying Earth
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Tales of the Dying Earth

Jack Vance

2000
3 editions
Hyperion
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Hyperion

Dan Simmons

1989
26 editions
The Fall of Hyperion
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The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons

1990
29 editions
Gideon the Ninth
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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

2019
7 editions
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