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Knee-Deep in Cinders
A Fantasy Novel by Ashley Capes
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Dark Fantasy,
- Revenge Fantasy,
- Morally Gray Characters,
- Underdog Hero,
- Standalone Fantasy
This book is for you if you're into...
- Vengeful magic users forced to work for their enemies
- Prisoner protagonists bargaining for power and freedom
- Dark fantasy where rage threatens to consume everything
Freedom. Magic. Vengeance.
Vilas is a man consumed by anger. Kept prisoner in the city that slaughtered his people, he dreams of the day his magic is unsealed so he can burn everything to ash.
When the city's queen asks for his help hunting down rebel cultists, he agrees in exchange for his freedom, his magic, and a night in her bed.
Given access to only a fraction of his magic and forced to work alongside a jailor who can seal it entirely, a quick escape is impossible. Vilas knows his freedom hinges on his wits—and his self control. But every day he's reminded of the horrors done to his people, testing the limits of his restraint.
Can Vilas outwit the queen and have his revenge on the city, or will his all-consuming rage be his undoing?
Knee-Deep in Cinders is a thrilling, standalone dark fantasy novel. If you love morally grey characters, underdogs, and quests for vengeance, lose yourself in Knee-Deep in Cinders!
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