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The Wisdom of Crowds
640 pages
A bloody, darkly hilarious plunge into the chaos of revolution where everyone is terrible and no one is safe.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like standing in the center of a riot with a front-row seat to the collapse of civilization, guided by a narrator who finds the whole apocalypse darkly amusing. The pacing is relentlessly propulsive, dragging you through the mud, blood, and guillotine-lined streets of a world turning itself inside out. The prose is sharp as a butcher's blade, dripping with cynical wit and gallows humor that makes the crushing bleakness wildly entertaining. The mood is suffocatingly chaotic and dread-soaked, yet you cannot look away from the deeply flawed, morally bankrupt characters desperately clawing for survival. It is a masterclass in grimdark fantasy that will delight readers who love their political upheavals served with a side of bitter irony and inescapable tragedy.
- Mood
- chaotic
- dread-soaked
- gritty
- bleak
- Tone
- cynical
- darkly comedic
- wry
- brutal
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- cyclical violence · illusion of control · cost of revolution · moral ambiguity · corrupting nature of power
- The writing
- Sharp, visceral, and laced with a biting, cynical wit that cuts through the relentless grimness.
- The arc
- Moves from the terrifying, chaotic adrenaline of a societal collapse to a grim, sobering realization about the inescapable cycles of power.
- Who it's for
- Fans of character-driven grimdark fantasy who appreciate moral ambiguity, gallows humor, and watching deeply flawed people make terrible choices.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- torture
- executions
- gore
- class warfare
About the book
Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us...
Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds.
With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies... while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance.
The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver’s ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together...
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