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The Tyrant Philosophers

The Tyrant Philosophers series

The Long Road Back to Ilmar

When I started City of Last Chances, it wasn’t necessarily going to be more than a single book. The idea was self-contained, drawing from a variety of inspirations. I’d been working on an idea for a c…

16 Feb. 2026
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Jacek Dukaj on Ice

“Why would the characters in Ice think and speak like Shakespeare's characters?”

I remember this quite clearly. It all started when I read Tadeusz Kotarbiński's 1913 article ‘The Problem of the Existence of the Future.’ This is a foundational text of the Polish school of logicians…

09 Dec. 2025
A black and white graphic design to accompany Jacek Dukaj's Ice book jacket

Why Ice?

Ursula Phillips on translating Ice by Jacek Dukaj

My first encounter with Ice came shortly after it was published (December 2007). I bought it on a visit to Poland in the spring of 2008 after reading an intriguing review in a leading newspaper. Even…

09 Dec. 2025

Quiz: Raag of Rta series

Which Dance of Shadows character are you?

Take this personality quiz to learn which fearless heroine you embody the most from this epic fantasy series, Sons of Darkness and Dance of Shadows, by Gourav Mohanty.

07 Feb. 2025

Shauna Lawless on the Gael Song series

The Irish mythology behind the Gael Song series

The Gael Song series is a story I’ve been thinking on for over half of my life. I wasn’t even aware of it at first, but finally my obsession with Irish history and mythology found its way to the page.…

01 Oct. 2024
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Gourav Mohanty on Sons of Darkness

Sons of Darkness is “just a reflection of the world as it is around us. Disillusioned. Amoral. Dishonest. But somewhere within, a bit of hidden good”

This will be a long answer *takes a deep breath*Mahabharata is a classic tale that has inspired people over centuries to either add to or retell it in their own unique style. I, however, did not want…

10 Jan. 2024

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