I was told that The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan was a fantasy genre-busting, extremely violent thrill ride etc etc. This is not why I read it. RM also happens to be the author of one of my favourite SF/detective books Altered Carbon, and as a recent GoH at Swancon, he was a seriously cool, intelligent and interesting Dude.

I also stopped reading fantasy some years ago, bored by the heavy repetition (NAFE).

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