Legends of the Red Sun

A fantasy series by British author Mark Charan Newton set in a fantasy world faced with an impending ice age. The series has received critical acclaim for its stellar world building, unconventional characters and exploration of real-life issues.

Legends Of The Red Sun has been compared to the works of Gene Wolfe and China Mieville, the latter of whom has given it a favorable judgment.

Needs More Love.

So far the series consists of:

Nights of Villjamur (2009)
City of Ruin (2010)
The Book of Transformations (forthcoming)

Tropes used in Legends of the Red Sun include:

Anti-Villain: Dartun Sur.
Art Initiates Life: Tuya's paintings.
Casanova: Randur Estevu.
Cool Old Guy: Denlin.
Cosmic Horror Story
Crapsack World
Dead Person Impersonation: Randur.
Evil Chancellor: Chancellor Urtica.
Fantastic Racism: Although non-fantastic prejudices, such as homophobia, skin color and the divide between rich and poor, notably take center stage far more often.
Heroic Albino: Brynd.
Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Tuya Daluud.
Immortality Seeker: Dartun.
Kick the Son of a Bitch: It's quite satisfying when Jeryd finally beats the hell out of Tryst and later shoots him.
Knight in Sour Armor: Rumex Jeryd and Brynd Lathraea.
Last of His Kind: Jurro.
Lost Technology: The Dawnir artifacts.
Mad Scientist: Dartun Sur.
Manipulative Bastard: Urtica.
Not So Harmless: The Ovinists, who no one really pays attention to.
Our Zombies Are Different: Reanimated by lost science and used as an obedient personal army, to be precise.
Proper Lady / Silk Hiding Steel: Rika.
The Resenter: Tryst.
Shout-Out: Dartun wears a cloak of fuligin, the color darker than black.
- There's also a coroner named Doctor Tarr.
- What does Dartun use to raise the dead? Shelley tanks.
Smug Snake: Urtica again.
Invisible to Gaydar: Brynd.
Sympathetic Murderer: Tuya.
Took a Level in Badass: Eir, by the end of the first book.
Torture Technician: Tryst.
Tsundere: Eir for Randur.
Villain with Good Publicity: Chancellor Urtica
Wretched Hive: Villiren, described as the most lawless city in the Empire.