Christopher Buehlman is a writer and performer based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the winner of the 2007 Bridport Prize in Poetry and a finalist for the 2008 Forward Prize for best poem (UK). He spent his twenties and thirties touring renaissance festivals with his very popular show Christophe the Insultor, Verbal Mercenary. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in French Language from Florida State University, where he minored in History. He enjoys theater, independent films, chess, archery, running, cooking with lots of garlic, and thick, inky, bone-dry red wines with sediment at the bottom.

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Blacktongue

Fantasy fans of D&D and The Witcher will love comedian Christopher Buehlman’s irreverently funny, epic high fantasy series Blacktongue.

In The Blacktongue Thief, the first action-packed book in the series, Kinch Na Shannack owes a small fortune for his thief training education. Planning to rob the next passerby to pay off his debts, Kinch Na Shannack soon realizes he’s met his match in Galva, the bad-ass veteran lady knight. Common enemies force this thief and knight to join forces on an epic journey where goblins hunger for human flesh, krakens hunt in dark waters, and honor is a luxury few can afford.

Blacktongue consists of one primary book, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads — series is set to expand with the upcoming release of two more books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

★ 9.00 / 2

★ 9.66 / 3

⧗ 9.76 / 8

⧗ 10.00 / 3