Fandom: The Barrow What's awesome about it: If anybody remembers the Artesia comics of the early 2000s, this is a novel set in that world, which tells the story of Artesia's older brother, Stjepan Blackheart.
This is a dark (but not grim-dark crapsack world) and tropey fantasy novel where --
1) Our gay POC POV character lives. (He can get it up and perform for a woman, but all of his erotic thoughts are about men.)
2) Our gender non-conforming POV character lives.
3) A woman gets an epic revenge. EPIC.
4) The kind of guy who's usually the hero of a fantasy novel dies horribly by the end.
5) There's an awesome & prominent transwoman secondary character who wields a great deal of power and authority.
6) There is a lot of swinging dick. (Did I mention bi/gay POV character?)
7) Fuck or die ... in a grave. (Did I mention it's tropey? Kinky, too.)
8) There's a 300 page set up for a joke. ("That book is forbidden, Master ...")
9) And ... the quest for the magical missing sword goes completely off the rails in the best way possible.
ETA: There is incest in the book and it's presented as a troubling thing.
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What's awesome about it:
If anybody remembers the Artesia comics of the early 2000s, this is a novel set in that world, which tells the story of Artesia's older brother, Stjepan Blackheart.
This is a dark (but not grim-dark crapsack world) and tropey fantasy novel where --
1) Our gay POC POV character lives. (He can get it up and perform for a woman, but all of his erotic thoughts are about men.)
2) Our gender non-conforming POV character lives.
3) A woman gets an epic revenge. EPIC.
4) The kind of guy who's usually the hero of a fantasy novel dies horribly by the end.
5) There's an awesome & prominent transwoman secondary character who wields a great deal of power and authority.
6) There is a lot of swinging dick. (Did I mention bi/gay POV character?)
7) Fuck or die ... in a grave. (Did I mention it's tropey? Kinky, too.)
8) There's a 300 page set up for a joke. ("That book is forbidden, Master ...")
9) And ... the quest for the magical missing sword goes completely off the rails in the best way possible.
ETA: There is incest in the book and it's presented as a troubling thing.
Where to find:
Official Website
The Barrow at Amazon
Blackguards Anthology at Amazon (contains a short story where the transwoman character shows up for a great scene.)
A post at my journal where I talk about my love for said transwoman, and quote an excerpt from the story in Blackguards.