This week, Pie and Lulu dive into two fantasy novels featuring dead gods: Deeplight by Frances Hardinge and Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. We discuss world-building, portrayals of fantasy religions, and how these books use the concept of dead divinities to explore the power of belief and storytelling.

Other Media Mentioned:

• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
• The Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner
• The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
• The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
• Daredevil (Marvel comics)

Content warnings:

Discussions of murder, body horror, ableism, emotionally manipulative relationships, drowning, PTSD, slavery, genocide, infanticide, and rape.

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