#a. k. larkwood

[st-just]

It had been strange to discover that the worst could happen, and the world as you knew it could end, and you would still take your coffee the same way. You still had to eat. You still got dressed. You still brushed and braided your hair. And if you were very lucky, or very unlucky- Shutmili was certainly one of those two things - you still had a job.

-The Thousand Eyes, by A. K. Larkwood

#quote #the thousand eyes #a. k. larkwood

[torbooks]

Favorite video games? (Asking about books would be Too Obvious)

Hiii! We're always happy to chat books but you got us—everyone who works here is a nerd lol so this is a perfect question

@seananmcguire (award-winning author of the Wayward Children and Alchemical Journeys series) actually did a round-up of her top 3 video games for us which you should definitely check out!

Not really video, but definitely occupying that gray space between books and video games—we love the interactive novels author Max Gladstone published with @choiceofgames: Choice of the Deathless & Deathless: The City's Thirst

Now, being an Official Brand™️ we do have to do SOME marketing so please accept this video gamely answer from the person posting rn in the form of an artsy book pic 😌

c u in the shadow realm 😈

#seanan mcguire #wayward children #alchemical journeys #seasonal fears #middlegame #max gladstone #deathless #craft sequence #choice of games #the thousand eyes #a k larkwood #a. k. larkwood #the serpent gates #the unspoken name #time to duel

[literary-illuminati]

Well, The Thousand Eyes has shifted into a whole different story again. But on the other hand 'Csorwe plays house with the tsundere dragon-god of chaos and destruction possessing her girlfriend' is just an incredibly premise for the last ~80 pages of the book.

And, like, 'local orc girl is pinned to wall by possessed girlfriend trying to threaten her, gets all flustered about it and starts blushing' is almost certainly the funniest thing I'm going to read today

#the thousand eyes #SFF #a. k. larkwood #tht

[prologusblog]

A Kimondatlan Név kritika

A Kimondatlan Név kritika

FÜLSZÖVEG: Mi lenne, ha tudnád, hogyan és mikor fogsz meghalni? Kszorvejt az ősi mágia egyik szektája nevelte. Mindig is tudta, hogy a tizennegyedik születésnapján felmászik majd a hegyre, belép a szentélybe, és az istenük, a Kimondatlan áldozata lesz. Ám a halála napján felkeresi egy nagy hatalmú varázsló, és lehetőséget kínál neki: fordítson hátat a végzetének, hogy tolvajjá, kémmé és…

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#A kimondatlan név #A. K. Larkwood #fantasy #kritika #ork #prologus

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the unspoken name #a k larkwood #fantasy #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[booksandchainmail]

THAT WAS MINE. IT HAS BEEN SO LONG. WHERE DID YOU FIND IT? said Zinandour, with barely masked pleasure. "When I killed my aunt", said Shuthmili. [...] "Clearly you and I were always written in the stars." THE STARS ARE INSENSIBLE FIRES, said Zinandour. I CHOSE YOU.

The Thousand Eyes, by A. K. Larkwood

#the thousand eyes #the serpent gates #a k larkwood

[wizardsvslesbians]

What can we say - we love this series, and were not disappointed in the latest entry.  Tal gets some particularly satisfying suffering in.

#the thousand eyes #wizards vs lesbians #a k larkwood

[oneidiotwithasword]

since we might be waiting a while for alecto to come out, let us know what your fave sff books are apart from tlt

#the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #alecto the ninth #mine are the ruthless lady’s guide to wizardry by c m waggoner #the unbroken by c l clark #persephone station by stina leicht #and the unspoken name by a k larkwood

[vaticancityrecommends]

Title: welcome to the real world Author: thegatorgood Rating: General Audiences Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Fandom: The Serpent Gates - A. K. Larkwood, Our Flag Means Death (TV) Freeform: Alternate universe - grizzled sixteen year old Izzy Hands, Crack, Found Families, Set after the Thousand Eyes Language: English Words: 2181 Chapters: 1/1 Summary:

Izzy's not an adult. Talasseres Charossa once again finds himself in loco parentis.

#The Serpent Gates - A. K. Larkwood #Our Flag Means Death (TV)

[sapphicreadsdb]

Hi do you by chance have any sapphic fantasy recs? preferably adult fantasy but YA is fine too

sure! tho this could will get quite long... no links, sorry!, bc it was kicking up a fuss with those for some reason

+ = ya

pennyblade by j.l. worrad

lady hotspur by tessa gratton

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley (+)

she who became the sun by shelley parker chan

the scapegracers by h.a. clarke (+)

the third daughter by adrienne tooley (+)

the daughters of izdihar by hadeer elsbai

the malevolent seven by sebastien de castell

blackheart knights by laure eve

the warden by daniel m. ford

the unbroken by c.l. clark

dark earth by rebecca stott

witch king by martha wells

scorpica by g.r. macallister

the mirror empire by kameron hurley

now she is witch by kirsty logan

silverglass by j.f. rivkin

the woman who loved the moon and other stories by elizabeth a. lynn

...(this answer is how i discover there's a character limit per block so. doing this in chunks.)

fire logic by laurie j. marks

a restless truth by freya marske

when angels left the old country by sacha lamb (+)

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

an archive of brightness by kelsey socha

the bladed faith by david dalglish

the winged histories by sofia samatar

dragonoak by sam farren

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

daughter of redwinter by ed mcdonald

the last magician by lisa maxwell (+)

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

...

the black coast by mike brooks

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the enterprise of death by jesse bullington

mamo by sas milledge (+)

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos (+)

uncommon charm by emily bergslien & kat weaver

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the unspoken name by a.k. larkwood

brother red by adrian selby

the final strife by saara el-arifi

way of the argosi by sebastien de castell (+)

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

ghost wood song by erica waters (+)

into the crooked place by alexandra christo (+)

ashes of the sun by django wexler

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska (+)

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski (+)

the never tilting world by rin chupeco (+)

water horse by melissa scott

...

a master of djinn by p. djeli clark

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis (+)

among thieves by m.j. kuhn

black water sister by zen cho

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley (+)

the dark tide by alicia jasinska (+)

the library of the unwritten by a.j. hackwith

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth (+)

the chosen and the beautiful by nghi vo

the councillor by e.j. beaton

these feathered flames by alexandra overy (+)

the factory witches of lowell by c.s. malerich

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

...

city of lies by sam hawke

bestiary by k-ming chang

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the winter duke by claire eliza bartlett (+)

master of poisons by andrea hairston

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

down comes the night by allison saft (+)

wench by maxine kaplan (+)

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust (+)

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan (+)

the impossible contract by k.a. doore

burning roses by s.l. huang

the house of shattered wings by aliette de bodard

not for use in navigation by iona datt sharma

weak heart by ban gilmartin

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust (+)

the devil's blade by mark alder

...

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia (+)

the true queen by zen cho

moontangled by stephanie burgis

a portable shelter by kirsty logan

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

all the bad apples by moira fowley doyle (+)

the drowning eyes by emily foster

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

miranda in milan by katharine duckett

the afterward by e.k. johnston (+)

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

in the vanishers' palace by aliette de bodard

summer of salt by katrina leno (+)

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

out of the blue by sophie cameron (+)

black wolves by kate elliott

the circle by sara b. elfgren & mats strandberg (+)

unspoken by sarah rees brennan (+)

thistlefoot by gennarose nethercott

passing strange by ellen klages

(and breathe)

#recs #q

[st-just]

You could tell who was a blood relation because all Tal's family were alike, thin and sharp like an especially self-satisfied box of pencils.

The Thousand Eyes, by A. K. Larkwood

#quote #funny #The Thousand Eyes #the unspoken name #a. k. larkwood

[lucklessrat]

Has anyone read The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood? I read it a year ago and I loved it so much that I made it my pick for a bookclub I have with my friends. Definitely due for a re-read. Talasseres Charossa has my whole entire heart so I did some quick sketches of him (how i picture him, anyway. Lol) If you liked Gideon the Ninth/The Locked Tomb series, definitely check it out.

#the unspoken name #the unspoken name book #Talasseres Charossa #tal charossa #the unspoken name fanart #the unspoken name art #the unspoken name tal #serpent gates series #the serpent gates #the serpent gates series #bookblr #bookblr art #bookblr fanart #bookblr artist

[torbooks]

How Long Our Fav Characters Would Survive in a Horror Novel

In the spirit (ha) of Halloween, we're asking "How long would our fav's survive in a horror novel?" 

Also, we’re answering! Check it out 🎃

(and super thanks to @omni-scient-pan-da​ for the Halloween-tastic banner)

Talasseres Charossa — The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood

My favorite character / unrequited love interest Talasseres Charossa is as petulant and grouchy as he is brave and gay. He’s gone toe-to-toe and steel-on-steel with god(s) and garbage wizards, but would he survive a horror novel? Unfortunately not. Let’s be real. He’s gonna trip and fall into a patch of evil quicksand, or willingly surrender to a hot vampyre lord of advanced age.

— Andrew King, Digital Marketing Coordinator

The Demon-chicken — Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Would this chicken survive? Absolutely. This chicken would be the VILLAIN of the horror movie. But just as the protagonists wipe the blood off their brows and the sun breaks over the horizon and hope seems to burn anew, the camera would slowly pan to the side until we are greeted with the beady black eyes of the demon-chicken. You will gaze into those eyes and witness the abyss, understanding that the true horror is that we will never escape from its fowl [sic] clutches.

— Yvonne Ye, Ad/Promo Assistant

Viv — Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

So I know my favorite character and general light of my life, Viv from Legends & Lattes, would absolutely DEMOLISH anything that came at her in a horror novel. A bad-ass orc barbarian who’s spent years on the road packing steel and raising hell as a sword for hire? Yeah, she’ll be fine. PLUS she has a cozy coffee shop filled with lattes, giant cinnamon rolls, and other treats to make it home to. What other motivation does she need?

— Rachel Taylor, Senior Marketing Manager

Charlie Hall — Book of Night by Holly Black

Back again with another character because authors are simply too good at their game and have created too many favs. Next up, I’m choosing Charlie Hall from Book of Night and I’m saying she’s Final Girl™️ material and she’s going to survive. So Charlie occupies a world of devious shadow magic practitioners and they’re all kind of in competition with each other to access more techniques, knowledge, and power. The presence of supernatural powers puts vanilla human Charlie at a disadvantage, but that’s why she’d survive a horror novel. She’s used to this shit, y’all. Also she’s really cool and Book of Night makes me want to buy goth clothes and get another tattoo.

— Andrew King, Digital Marketing Coordinator

The Demon-chicken (again) — Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

For me, T. Kingfisher is the ultimate horror author. Whether she’s writing low stakes fantasy or high stakes horror, you know it’s gonna be spooky and that I’m gonna be wrapped in a blanket with a cup of tea in my paw and it’s GONNA be raining. Therefore, I choose the chicken familiar from Nettle & Bone. This chicken is literally possessed by an evil entity but only helps our protagonist princess to her end goal. The chicken only uses her evil powers for good. In conclusion, the chicken familiar is quite literally a horror novel unto herself; not only would she survive, she’d help her friends along the way, and maybe even lay an egg or two.

— Jordan Hanley, Senior Marketing Manager

Victor Vale — Vicious by V. E. Schwab

Cold, calculating Victor Vale is as ambitious as he is intelligent. He also has a tendency to be ruthless and obsessive, willing to push the limits of his own body to the brink of death in the pursuit of powers beyond imagination. With his ability to manipulate the pain of others he may last until the grand finale of the horror movie, but his tendency to adopt kids and dogs with his former cellmate will inevitably get him killed. The real question is whether he’ll stay dead or if he might rise up in the post-credits scene to star in a horror movie of his own.

— Becky Yeager, Senior Manager of Ad/Promo & Marketing

#halloween books #vicious #v. e. schwab #the unspoken name #a. k. larkwood #legends & lattes #travis baldree #nettle & bone #t. kingfisher #ursula vernon #tor books #demon chicken

[literary-illuminati]

Belthrandos Sethennai really is a great, well-written example of someone who is charismatic and intelligent and believably compelling even though he only barely bothers to pretend to be anything but an entirely self-absorbed, manipulative asshole. Like, you can really see how everyone gets caught up in his gravity and never get over him even while very consciously trying to hate him.

#The Thousand Eyes #The Unspoken Name #A. K. Larkwood #SFF #tht

[lgbtqreads]

Any stories any genre that feature butches? Besides gideon the ninth

This is extremely nonexhaustive (and you can always find more at The Lesbian Review, which does a great job categorizing which books have butch MCs), but: https://lgbtqreads.com/representation/gender-identity/

And just for ease, pasting the non-Gideon books currently on the site here:

YA

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard

Radical by EM Kokie

Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

NA/Adult

A Masc for Purim by Roz Alexander

Rooting for You by Roz Alexander (Amz)

The Unbroken by CL Clark

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole (Stud)

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald

Season of Love by Helena Greer

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins (Stud)

*A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins (Teddy Bear Stud)

Departure from the Script by Jae

The Unspoken Name by AK Larkwood (Fantasy)

Against All Odds by Cara Malone

The Night Off by Meghan O’Brien

The Butch and the Beautiful by Kris Ripper

Last Chance by Lily Seabrooke (Amz)

Perfect Pairing by Rachel Spangler

Spanish Surrender by Rachel Spangler

Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon (NA)

Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West z”l

Shattered by Lee Winter

Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde (Amz)

Opposites Attract novella collection (Amz)

[faustandfurious]

havent read a good book in a while, and if i want anyone to recommend me a book i figure it ought to be you. any recommendations ?

Konstantin Paustovsky’s The Story of a Life if you have the time and energy for a long book. Muriel Spark’s Loitering With Intent if you don’t. Julian Barnes’ The Noise of Time if you’re in the mood for something melancholic. Ada Palmer’s Too Like The Lightning if you want weird, political-philosophical SFF and don’t mind starting a four-book series. A. K. Larkwood’s The Unspoken Name for slightly easier-to-read SFF about archaeological heists and leaving death cults. Barbara Demick’s Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street for a truly moving piece of journalistic nonfiction.

#keechootrash #answered