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A Drop of Corruption

Robert Jackson Bennett

Published 2025 by Del Rey Books · 480 pages

Hugo · 2026

Finalist
Fantasy

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2 award entries · 2 books · 1 wins · 2025–2026

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Synopsis

Investigator Ana Dolabra and her assistant Dinios Kol travel to Yarrowdale to investigate a Treasury officer's disappearance and apparent murder. The case connects the kingdom's proposed annexation by the Empire of Khanum to an illicit trade in reality-altering leviathan blood.

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Epic FantasyMystery/Thriller
Biotech & GeneticsColonialism & EmpirePolitics & Revolution

Details

Series
Shadow of the Leviathan · Book 2
Author nationality
United States
ISBN
9780593723821