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Epic fantasy

Tigana

Two foreign sorcerer-kings hold a peninsula of small, quarrelling provinces. One of them has wiped the name of a conquered land from every memory, and a handful of exiles set out to break the spell.

First published
1990
Pace
slow
Length
long
Format
Standalone

Read this if you like richly written fantasy about memory, grief and what a people owe to their own past.

Skip this if you want fast plotting or a light mood, since this is long, formal and quietly sorrowful.

The feel

Content warnings

  • Violence
  • War
  • Death

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