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Severed Souls
640 pages
A dread-soaked epic fantasy where heroes battle both an encroaching undead horde and a ticking clock within their own bodies.
What it feels like
This epic fantasy delivers a propulsive, dread-soaked reading experience defined by overwhelming odds and a desperate race against time. The atmosphere is heavy with apocalyptic tension as a vast, unnatural horde of the dead threatens to consume the world. Readers will feel the exhausting, visceral weight of the heroes' journey, trapped between terrifying external enemies and a debilitating magical sickness that acts as a relentless ticking clock. The narrative tone is grim and urgent, sweeping across imaginary lands while keeping the emotional focus tightly on survival and endurance. It is a perfect fit for fans of high-stakes, sprawling fantasy who love seeing determined leaders pushed to their absolute physical and magical limits in the face of absolute darkness.
- Mood
- dread-soaked
- desperate
- ominous
- apocalyptic
- Tone
- urgent
- grim
- epic
- serious
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- racing against time · facing overwhelming odds · survival against the unnatural · the burden of leadership
- The writing
- Sweeping and urgent, emphasizing the grand scale of the world and the visceral horror of its threats.
- The arc
- A desperate, exhausting struggle to survive against encroaching darkness and a ticking biological clock.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-stakes epic fantasy where beloved heroes are pushed to their absolute physical and magical limits.
Content notes
- zombies and the undead
- poisoning and magical sickness
- mass violence
- depraved enemies
About the book
From the far reaches of the D'Haran Empire, Bishop Hannis Arc and the ancient Emperor Sulachan lead a vast horde of Shun-Tuk and other depraved "half-people" into the Empire's heart, raising an army of the dead in order to threaten the world of the living. Meanwhile, far from home, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell must defend themselves and their followers from a series of terrifying threats, despite a magical sickness that depletes their strength and which, if not cured, will take their lives... sooner rather than later.
Description from Open Library.
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