Recs if you like Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)...

fantasy that features stories and characters from criminal underworlds. think rival syndicates, gang leaders, thieving crews and elaborate heists, shadowy assassins, illicit dealings, and more.

Period Crime Fiction & Grimdark Fantasy🖤⚔️ Heists, gangs, speakeasies, schemes and dark alleyways. Stories that center around characters from a criminal underworld. For fans of Pirates of the Carribean, GoT and Arcane.

Epic fantasy where battles, survival, and legacy drive the story. Love may exist in the background, but here it’s war, quests, and struggles that take center stage.

No fairy-tale endings, no tender interludes, just morally ambiguous anti-heroes clawing their way through betrayal, war, and chaos.

Grimdark is about the dirt, the blood, and the crushing weight of reality in a world where "might is right." The genre takes its name from the tagline of 'Warhammer 40,000': "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war." Here is a list of 100 essential Grimdark works including standalone novels, series starters, and graphic novels.

You enter these worlds without ceremony. There is no welcome, no prophecy waiting to recognize you. The streets are already busy with people who have learned how to survive them better than you ever will. These worlds don’t save the innocent or reward the brave. This is not fantasy/sci-fi meant to comfort you. It is fantasy that asks whether you would endure— and what you would become if you did.