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Swordheart by T. King Fisher
Episode 8
Monday, 8 December, 2025

This month we’re discussing “Swordheart” by T King Fisher. We recorded this long enough ago that the sequel hadn't been announced yet, but, as of Fall 2025, DAGGERBOUND has a projected release date in August 2026. If we refer to SWORDHEART as a stand-alone book in the recording, that's why. PUBLISHER: Argyll Productions YEAR: 2018 LENGTH: 426 pages AGE: Adult GENRE: Fantasy, Romance RECOMMENDED: Highly Topic 1: Manipulation. Begins at (1:38), CW for harassment, confinement, financial abuse, violence, rape (brief mention), epidemic mention, Topic 2: Betrayal. Begins at (14:25), CW for grief, injury detail, murder, death Topic 3: Compulsion. Begins at (33:44), CW for injury detail, violence, suicide Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (43:50). Book TW for Graphic/Explicit CW for suicidal thoughts, blood, violence, death. Moderate CW for sexual content, grief, emotional abuse, sexual harassment, kidnapping, confinement, physical abuse, domestic abuse, excrement, alcohol, injury detail, medical content, murder, suicide, animal death. Minor CW for pregnancy, alcoholism, vomit, fire, terminal illness, torture, war, slavery, parental death, child death. --- If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon. To make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi. You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn. Find all our links on our Carrd. Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission. Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts. Robin is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org.