11 Best science fiction fantasy books like Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.88

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, the renegade demigod known as the Kinslayer returned. His armies of monsters issued …

"We hated ourselves for what we were made to do but we couldn't live with that hate, so we made it a hate of you, for being too weak to defend all that beauty." He was silent for a long while, and she put her arm around his shoulders. " And we enjoyed it , of course. Like the Kinslayer knew we would, like he'd primed us to because if you hate yourself enough and hate others enough, then doing terrible things to them becomes your only pastime, your only pleasure because in the moment where you wrack them with fire or slip their blade behind their eyeball, you have control, and that means something. It means something when the kinslayer is your master, and that's the only control you'll ever have."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Devil You Know by K.J. Parker

1. The Devil You Know

By: K.J. Parker

3.93

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

also appears in the collection The Father of Lies The greatest philosopher of all time is offeri… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Deliverer (Foreigner, #9) by C.J. Cherryh

2. Deliverer (Foreigner, #9)

By: C.J. Cherryh

4.27

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

The ninth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact a… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Explorer (Foreigner, #6) by C.J. Cherryh

3. Explorer (Foreigner, #6)

By: C.J. Cherryh

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It has been nearly ten years since the starship Phoenix returned to Alpha, the station orbiting the… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

4. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

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5. The Ships of Air (The Fall of Ile-Rien, #2)

By: Martha Wells

2.74

Format: None pages,

Known for her lush, intricate worlds and complex characters, acclaimed author Martha Wells has deli… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)

By: Django Wexler

4.80

Format: None pages,

Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel--but whe… read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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7. Redemption Ark

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the In… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook

8. The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #2)

By: Martha Wells

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman with an enigmatic past. Consumed by thoughts… read more

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9. All Flesh is Grass

By: Clifford D. Simak

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A mysterious invisible barrier suddenly encloses a small, out-of-the-way American town. It's been p… read more

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10. The Wizard Hunters (The Fall of Ile-Rien, #1)

By: Martha Wells

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Once a fertile and prosperous land, Ile-Rien is under attack by the Gardier, a mysterious army whos… read more

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11. Pretender (Foreigner, #8)

By: C.J. Cherryh

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Exhausted from a two-year rescue mission in space, the crew of the starship Phoenix return home to … read more

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12. The Element of Fire (Ile-Rien, #1)

By: Martha Wells

3.85

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

The kingdom of Ile-Rien is in peril, menaced by magical threats and court intrigue. As the weak Kin… read more

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13. The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his … read more

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14. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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15. Light Chaser

By: Peter F. Hamilton

3.81

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

In Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell's action-packed sci-fi adventure Light Chaser, a love pow… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) by Emily Tesh

16. Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2)

By: Emily Tesh

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This second volume of the Greenhollow duology once again invites readers to lose themselves in the … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Cold Iron (Masters & Mages, #1)

By: Miles Cameron

4.04

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

Aranthur is a student. He showed a little magical talent, is studying at the local academy, and is … read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

18. Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.88

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, the renegade demigod known as the Kinslayer returned. His armies of monsters issued … read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1) book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • epic
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We hated ourselves for what we were made to do but we couldn't live with that hate, so we made it a hate of you, for being too weak to defend all that beauty." He was silent for a long while, and she…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

Cover of Hard Reboot by Django Wexler

19. Hard Reboot

By: Django Wexler

3.74

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Django Wexler's Hard Reboot features giant mech arena battles and intergalactic diplomacy. When did… read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's Hard Reboot book and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Redemption's Blade (After the War, #1)

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

20. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. World Walkers

By: Neal Asher

4.32

Format: 649 pages, Kindle Edition

He can jump between worlds. But can he save his own? As a totalitarian Inspectorate tightens its… read more

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  • science fiction

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