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  Official Author Website Order the book HERE OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: As you might have guessed from the cover, A Gallery For The Barbarian is not your typical run of the mill fantasy. It is unconventional in every sense of the word and defies both genre conventions and reader expectations at every possible opportunity, but that is exactly where its charm lies.  The set-up of this story is that we are following the undead artist, Violetto , as he provides the backstory behind some of the paintings in his gallery. As a result, this book feels like a collection of short stories where Violetto and his muse, Brask the barbarian, are the only red threads weaving it all together into a cohesive narrative. Some stories are cosy, others are dark and disturbing, but they all have one thing in common: they are positively delightful in their eccentricity. I personally found Violetto a very intriguing unreliable narrator/protagonist and I am quite impressed with how much personality and dept...