The Blood of Alexandria by Richard Blake (same as above, except that this is book three in a pretty anachronistic series that nonetheless managed to hook me by the narration of its irrepressible and cynical (anti)hero and which I plan to review soon – for fantasy lovers, this series is what I imagine Joe Abercrombie would write as historical fiction)

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