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And the way he explains it, the magic system that he's utilizing in this series is really interesting. And also, it's just a really fun classic dragon rider romp. I really enjoyed the first book, Ascendant, last year, and I really want to continue the series with book two, Unbound.

I did read the 1.5-ish or 0.5 novella this year, The Last Stand of the Stonefist, and really enjoyed that.

I did read Mort this year, I think, earlier this year. Really enjoyed it. It wasn't quite to the level of the City Watch for me.

All right, next up, one of my favorite indie fantasy books I talk about all the time is Seasons of Albadone by Christopher Warman and E. K. Marche, who is They are an amazing couple who write together, and they're phenomenal storytellers.

I tried Liveship Traders last year, that was one of my priority series for 2025, and didn't love it. I DNF'd the series that trilogy specifically after Ship of Magic.

I did try to read The Silmarillion back in college, and I did read about two-thirds of it, I think, before my brain just couldn't handle it, because I was a college student.