Fandom name: The Cemeteries of Amalo - Katherine Addison
Media type: Books
Length: 3 short novels (200-300 pages); set in the same universe as The Goblin Emperor, which is a somewhat longer standalone novel (450 pages), but you don't have to read it to understand what's going on in the Amalo trilogy if you don't want to!
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Anywhere books are sold! Or your local library! Probably in EPUB or MOBI format through your library's website, too!
What is it/what is it about? A gay necromancer detective drinks tea, grieves his dead lover, visits the opera, and battles the undead.
What do you love about it? Gorgeous worldbuilding and a slow burn fan-favorite but noncanon ship that provides a great jumping off point for fix-it or canon divergence fic. There's a formal/informal pronoun distinction, and you will get excited when someone gets 'thee'd for the first time!
Where should people start? It's a spinoff/sequel to The Goblin Emperor, so you could start there if you want (the protagonist of the Amalo trilogy is a minor character in TGE), or else start with The Witness for the Dead
Do you have any content warnings? Death of a loved one; fantasy racism; homophobia; misogyny; spousal and child abuse, including references to CSEM; minor character death, including child death; some light zombie-typical body horror
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The Cemeteries of Amalo
29 April 2025 02:27 am (UTC)Media type: Books
Length: 3 short novels (200-300 pages); set in the same universe as The Goblin Emperor, which is a somewhat longer standalone novel (450 pages), but you don't have to read it to understand what's going on in the Amalo trilogy if you don't want to!
Where can it be found? (Only legal links for this, please.) Anywhere books are sold! Or your local library! Probably in EPUB or MOBI format through your library's website, too!
What is it/what is it about? A gay necromancer detective drinks tea, grieves his dead lover, visits the opera, and battles the undead.
What do you love about it? Gorgeous worldbuilding and a slow burn fan-favorite but noncanon ship that provides a great jumping off point for fix-it or canon divergence fic. There's a formal/informal pronoun distinction, and you will get excited when someone gets 'thee'd for the first time!
Where should people start? It's a spinoff/sequel to The Goblin Emperor, so you could start there if you want (the protagonist of the Amalo trilogy is a minor character in TGE), or else start with The Witness for the Dead
Do you have any content warnings? Death of a loved one; fantasy racism; homophobia; misogyny; spousal and child abuse, including references to CSEM; minor character death, including child death; some light zombie-typical body horror