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The Thrice-Bound Fool
The Thrice-Bound Fool is the epic, rollicking next chapter in the bestselling and “awesome as hell” (Nicholas Eames) fantasy adventure series that began with The Blacktongue Thief.
Professional thief and inveterate trickster Kinch Na Shannack has always enjoyed a good book. But now his life, and the future of all of Manreach, depends on deciphering a very bad book indeed; a stolen, sentient tome that tries to kill him every time he opens it—and often when it’s closed.
Galva, veteran of the goblin wars and death’s sworn handmaiden, has vowed to protect Kinch while he mines the book for its dark magic and even darker secrets. She does so not for Kinch’s sake—though the cheeky bastard is growing on her—but because the book is the key to stopping the shadowy tyrants out to kill the queen she serves—and loves.
The ruthless, all-seeing Taker’s Guild dogs their every step, and thief and knight must flee the known world entirely if they hope to succeed. But trouble finds Kinch wherever he goes, and the pair may have traded the devil they know for horrors far darker and hungrier as they enter lands unknown.
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Christopher Buehlman
Christopher Buehlman escaped Florida via horror, fantasy, and sarcasm. Now he writes gritty, redemptive novels and lives with his brilliant wife and a gang of rescue beasts.
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The Thrice-Bound Fool
The Blacktongue Thief
An indebted, hilariously vulgar thief and a hard-bitten knight fall into an uneasy alliance that will take them across the known world, facing goblins, krakens, giants, and the shadowy Takers’ Guild who has their thumb in every pie.
The Daughters’ War
Called the Daughters’ War because humanity is nearly out of men, the third goblin war seems lost from the start. But don’t tell that to Galva, her fellow raven knights, and the fearsome war corvids bred as a last-ditch hope against the foe.
Between Two Fires
What if the Revelation of St. John actually happened in 1348? Angels, devils, and creatures worthy of Bosch struggle for the souls of mankind as a ruined knight escorts a young girl through an unforgettable hellscape. *This title has been acquired by Tor and will be re-released in March 2026. It may be difficult to find until then. The author is not offering copies personally.
The Necromancer’s house
A jaded warlock in recovery must confront a fairytale horror from Russian folklore when she comes to reclaim what he stole from her long ago in a dark Soviet forest.
The Suicide Motor Club
A grieving mother prowls the nighttime highways of 1960s America searching for the murderous vampires who killed her husband and abducted her son.
Those Across the River
A disgraced historian returns to his ancestral Georgia estate only to uncover a sinister presence across the river demanding an ancient blood debt.
The Lesser Dead
In 1978 Manhattan, an adolescent vampire’s carefree routine is interrupted by the arrival of far-too-young vampire children. What monster created them? What is to be done with them? Nothing under the subways will ever be the same.
“Beautifully written…with a cast of Southern characters so real you can almost see the sweat roll down the page. The ending is exceedingly clever.” [Those Across the River]
Boston Herald
“One of the most impressive novels I’ve read in a long time―clever, imaginative, and extremely well written.” [Blacktongue Thief]
Arthur Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Memoirs of a Geisha
“Buehlman packs suspense and secrets into his debut novel…keep[s] readers on their toes right up until the big reveal.” [The Lesser Dead]
Publishers Weekly
“Creepy, suspenseful…Recommended for horror fans and those willing to be scared enough to want to stay out of the woods.” [The Lesser Dead]
Library Journal
“An unsettling brew of growing menace spiked with flashes of genuine terror—do not miss this chilling debut. Christopher Buehlman is a writer to watch. I look forward to hearing from him again. And soon.” [Those Across the River]
F. Paul Wilson
“Wonderfully eerie from start to finish—a novel sure to enthrall readers of all stripes.”
#1 New York Times bestselling author [Those Across the River]
Grant Blackwood
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