June 21, 2026
Lord Yama's Fantasy Book Review - latest episode

THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO BY KATHERINE ADDISON

One of the most underrated and perhaps overlooked fantasy trilogies of recent times is The Cemeteries of Amalo by Katherine Addison. Best known for her standalone novel, The Goblin Emperor, her three books based on the doings of a humble priest who can speak to the dead are just as good, if not better. Gentle and whimsical on the one hand while at the same time set in a world believable enough to almost be considered GrimdarkÂ