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The Tainted Cup

by Robert Jackson Bennett

Arthur C. Clarke Award · 2025 · ShortlistBritish Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2025 · ShortlistEdgar Award (Best Novel) · 2025 · ShortlistHugo Award (Best Novel) · 2025 · WinnerLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel · 2025 · ShortlistWorld Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2025 · WinnerWorld Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2024 · Shortlist
Del Reysffmystery-crimeISBN 9780593723487

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Arthur C. Clarke Award2025Shortlist
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel2025Shortlist
Edgar Award (Best Novel)2025Shortlist
Hugo Award (Best Novel)2025Winner
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2025Shortlist
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2025Winner
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2024Shortlist

About This Book

In an empire guarded from sea-monsters by an engineered wall, investigator Dinios Kol and his genius superior Anaculian must solve a series of murders where the victims explode from the inside—a murder mystery set in a brilliantly original fantasy world.

About the Author

Robert Jackson BennettUS

Robert Jackson Bennett is an American author of fantasy and horror. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for The Tainted Cup (2025), a mystery fantasy set in an empire threatened by monstrous creatures. He also won the Shirley Jackson Award twice—for Mr. Read more →

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