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The Caine series by M. Stover is one of the best dark sff series of all times but it is not for the squeamish or easily offended. I reviewed all 3 books for Robert at Fantasy Book Critic - some spoilers though - and the first two are a complete duology, independent of the rest and with a clear ending.
Book 3 picks up later and is half of a story with book 4 which is to be done completing it, but it is a good story in itself and for me and quite a few others it's the best fantasy release of 2008.
But the first page of Book 3 - Caine Black Knife says it all:
"The following has been rated X and UV for explicit sex, cannibalism, extreme violence, perversions..."
The quote is from memory since I am lazy now to get the actual quote, but it is accurate in spirit and the X and U(ltra)V(iolent) and most adjectives or synonyms are there...
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