#the nightrunner series

[practicefortheheart]

Hey what do you do if a random guy who saved your life gets violently ill from wearing a cursed amulet and tries to kill you. Asking for a friend.

Alec & Seregil giving Sam & Frodo - Luck in the shadows by Lynn Flewelling.

[beholderlair]

Thriftbooks haul!!!!!!!

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Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own.

Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America's increasingly dominant private prison industry. It's the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.

In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death-matches for packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, she considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games, but CAPE's corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar's path have devastating consequences.

Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors to the CAPE employees and beyond, Chain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system's unholy alliance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means.

Dystopia, speculative fiction, science fiction, adult

The Nightrunner series (Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness, Traitor's Moon, Shadows Return, The White Road, Casket of Souls, Shards of Time) by Lynn Flewelling

Endorsement from submitter: "First genre books I read with queers! Written in the early 90s, so has era typical language. I would say this book has romance in it, but is primarily a political intrigue fantasy. I say this is a positive!!! I don't mind a romantasy, but I tend to find them focusing more on the romance than the fantasy, this has both without one getting lost in the background details! Alec and Seregil will steal your hearts and probably any juicy gossip you have lying around!"

When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn’t commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things–none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine, and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec’s new mentor, and this time there just might be… Luck in the Shadows.

Fantasy, epic fantasy, adventure, political intrigue, series, adult

[kimodraw]

gay af to be a watcher. what r you watching, your boyfriend's eyes?

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || February 20 || LGBTQIA+: The Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling

[mervillemoon]

Summer reading 🍃🌼📖

[thecockerelinn]

October 20th 1958

Happy Birthday, Lynn Flewelling!

[whisperofthewaves]

polite, honest evil is the most chilling.

almost done with Stalking Darkness and even though the good/bad side divide is very traditional here, the main villains don't feel shallow or slightly ridiculous. they're actually scary.

[jinsai-ish]

@ottersmallpaws you need to read!

Lately got into the Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling... I binged 7 books in less than a month, and I loved it

[practicefortheheart]

Alec gingerly touched his hair, shoulders, and arms, his expression almost feral in its intensity and distrust. After a moment, however, the look disappeared, replaced by the most wondrous look of relief Seregil had ever seen.

"O Illior, it is you. You're alive," Alec gasped, tears welling in his eyes. "That bastard! I should have guessed, but the blood, your voice, everything. But you're alive!"

Shuddering, he grabbed Seregil in a fierce embrace.

"Last time I looked," Seregil rasped, his throat tight with emotion as he hugged Alec to him.

Stalking Darkness - Lynn Flewelling

I am so normal about them

[beholderlair]

Sergeil and Alec calling eachother tali is like the Fitz and the Fool calling eachother beloved except Lynn Flewelling isn't a coward

[cravingdistraction]

One of my favorite pictures of Alec. He's a dreamer and thinker, but clearly ready for action.

I checked the origin as I'd seen it attributed differently elsewhere. It's not included on her page but the signature does match other images at https://www.deviantart.com/xbrightwingx.

Alec by  xbrightwingx

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Queer Fantasy Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries below:

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charming all-ages book that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons. After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives—and eventually her own. Graphic novel, middle grade, fantasy, dragons

The Nightrunner series (Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness, Traitor's Moon, Shadows Return, The White Road, Casket of Souls, Shards of Time) by Lynn Flewelling

When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn’t commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things–none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine, and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec’s new mentor, and this time there just might be… Luck in the Shadows. Fantasy, epic fantasy, adventure

[traduccionesdelibros]

Thero mi idolo

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || August 11 || Traitor:  Traitor’s Moon by Lynn Flewelling

[darkandstormyart]

talimenios <3