Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City vs The Malevolent Eight: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City K. J. Parker · 2019 ★★★★☆ 4.2 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate

K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it.A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no…

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Cover of The Malevolent Eight The Malevolent Eight Sebastien de Castell ★★★★☆ 4.2 438 pages · ≈ 8 h 07 m · Moderate

The stakes have never been higher. The world is teetering on the brink of annihilation. The Lords Celestine and the Lords Devilish, celestial and infernal beings locked in an age-old enmity, have at last found the…

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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled CityThe Malevolent Eight
Hardcover 4.0 (179) 4.0 (11)
Apple Books 4.5 (151) 4.5 (55)

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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled CityThe Malevolent Eight
Ratings 179 55
Editions 2 —
Pages 384 438

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