18 must-read fantasy books like The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

Cover of The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

By: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

3.85

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

A group of three young thieves are pulled into a centuries old magical war between ancient beings, …

"Back up to the main street. The fires are mostly under control, and the Tallowmen - both the dead and the quick - have melted away, one set into the gutters and the other into the shadows."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Back up to the main street. The fires are mostly under control, and the Tallowmen - both the dead and the quick - have melted away, one set into the gutters and the other into the shadows."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Change is simultaneously a fast and a slow process. The great forces of history are slow-moving and unnoticed by those surrounded by them, visible only in hindsight where they appear inevitable."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Change is simultaneously a fast and a slow process. The great forces of history are slow-moving and unnoticed by those surrounded by them, visible only in hindsight where they appear inevitable."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan , here is a list of 18 books like this:

1. The Crimson Campaign (Powder Mage, #2)

By: Brian McClellan

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Hardcover

The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a… read more

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2. Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)

By: Ed McDonald

4.10

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

The republic faces annihilation, despite the vigilance of Galharrow's Blackwings. When a raven tatt… read more

Similar categories in Ed McDonald's Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Just because the wolf pack fears your sling doesn’t mean you stop carrying stones."

-Ed McDonald, Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)

"Fight the battles you can win, run from those you can’t. Good words to keep you alive."

-Ed McDonald, Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)

"It is the way of the world that good people try to do the right thing for the wrong people's wrong reasons."

-Ed McDonald, Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)

"Just because he wasn’t Nameless didn’t make it smart to underestimate him; a knife may not be a longsword, but the edge will cut you all the same."

-Ed McDonald, Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)

3. Promise of Blood (Powder Mage, #1)

By: Brian McClellan

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it. It's a bloody business overthrowing a king... … read more

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4. Age of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom #1)

By: R.J. Barker

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

To catch an assassin, use an assassin... Girton Club-foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, … read more

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5. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

Similar categories in James Logan's The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1) by Richard  Swan

7. The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)

By: Richard Swan

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2) by Richard  Swan

8. The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

By: Richard Swan

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

From a major new debut author in epic fantasy comes the second book in a trilogy where action, intr… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (Corax Trilogy #3)

By: K.J. Parker

4.33

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

From one of the most original voices in fantasy comes a heart-warming tale of peace, love, and batt… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (Corax Trilogy #3) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • fantasy
"I always come back to Saloninus's definition of a sword - a piece of metal with a slave on both ends."

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (Corax Trilogy #3)

Cover of Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) by K.J. Parker

10. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

Cover of The Traitor (Covenant of Steel, #3) by Anthony Ryan

11. The Traitor (Covenant of Steel, #3)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.45

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

Alwyn must make a difficult decide between his heart and his morals as he prepares for his final ba… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's The Traitor (Covenant of Steel, #3) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1) by Peter McLean

12. Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)

By: Peter McLean

3.95

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But … read more

Similar categories in Peter McLean's Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1) by Christopher Buehlman

13. The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which include… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"This heavy, grass-loving dog,"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"He who leaps at the moon Into cowshyte falls. Glory unto cowshyte!"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"When listening for danger, one must never mistake silence for safety."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"Funny how an attack by a sea monster makes everyone less interested in a duel."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

Cover of The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

14. The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

By: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

3.85

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

A group of three young thieves are pulled into a centuries old magical war between ancient beings, … read more

Similar categories in Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • steampunk
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Back up to the main street. The fires are mostly under control, and the Tallowmen - both the dead and the quick - have melted away, one set into the gutters and the other into the shadows."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Change is simultaneously a fast and a slow process. The great forces of history are slow-moving and unnoticed by those surrounded by them, visible only in hindsight where they appear inevitable."

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Ongent just keeps huffing and puffing up the steps, as if he's out for an afternoon constitutional and his only worry is getting to the top of this little hill, not getting robbed and left in a ditch…"

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

"Idge says that there are moments when revolution is possible. Most of the time, we’re all – everyone, from the poorest beggar out there to the Patros on his golden throne – caught in the gears, contr…"

-Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

Cover of The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny, #1) by Cameron Johnston

15. The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny, #1)

By: Cameron Johnston

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A city threatened by unimaginable horrors must trust their most hated outcast, or lose everything, … read more

Similar categories in Cameron Johnston's The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Ravencry (Raven's Mark, #2) by Ed McDonald

16. Ravencry (Raven's Mark, #2)

By: Ed McDonald

4.23

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

Four years have passed since Nall’s Engine drove the Deep Kings back across the Misery, but as they… read more

Similar categories in Ed McDonald's Ravencry (Raven's Mark, #2) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"To be a soldier takes some guts, some discipline, and some hardness. To be a deserter only takes the last."

-Ed McDonald, Ravencry (Raven's Mark, #2)

Cover of Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1) by R.J.  Barker

17. Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1)

By: R.J. Barker

4.10

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In a world locked in eternal winter and haunted by prophecy, a young boy trains for years to become… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Barker's Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich, #1) by Jeff Noon

18. Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich, #1)

By: Jeff Noon

3.72

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

In a distant, tattered future an old woman, a young girl and mechanical man embark on a slow voyage… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Noon's Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1) by Devin Madson

19. We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

By: Devin Madson

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

In the midst of a burgeoning war, a warrior, an assassin, and a princess chase their own ambitions … read more

Similar categories in Devin Madson's We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Once drawn, a sword must taste blood or be forfeit. That was our law, our code, and these were easy kills."

-Devin Madson, We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

"We are the Swords that hunts so your hands may be clean. We are the Swords that kill so your soul may be light. We are the Swords that die so you may live."

-Devin Madson, We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

"Do not make assumptions about things you know nothing about. An emperor serves his people. The day the people serve the emperor is the day the empire falls. Remember that, Miko, if nothing else. War …"

-Devin Madson, We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

Cover of Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #1) by Ed McDonald

20. Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #1)

By: Ed McDonald

3.88

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Those who see the dead soon join them. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing tr… read more

Similar categories in Ed McDonald's Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #1) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of God of Broken Things (Age of Tyranny, #2) by Cameron Johnston

21. God of Broken Things (Age of Tyranny, #2)

By: Cameron Johnston

4.26

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

An outcast magician must risk his body and mind to save the world from horrifying demons, in the he… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Johnston's God of Broken Things (Age of Tyranny, #2) book and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

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4.10

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James Logan

4.02

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Richard Swan

4.11

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Richard Swan

4.01

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Richard Nell

4.19

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Luke Scull

3.50

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David Wong

3.88

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