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Above the Black is 3 books, 2024–2026.

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Kairos
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Alliance-Union
Ender's Game
Mortal Engines
Dune
Pit Dragon
The Bone World Trilogy
Stephen King multiverse

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk, adventurous in tone.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

Pit DragonSeries

seriesJane Yolen5 books1980

Adventurous in tone, about dragons.

“Dragon's Blood traces that bond between boy and dragon from theft to the pits; the sequels, Heart's Blood and A Sending of Dragons, follow Jakkin further as the stakes around the dragons and his own status widen.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragon's Blood →

The Bone World TrilogySeries

seriesPeadar Ò Guilin3 books2007

Dark in tone.

Start with The Inferior →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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What should I read after Above the Black?: Kairos — the closest match to Above the Black on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Above the Black?: Sky's End. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Above the Black.
How big is Above the Black?: Above the Black is 3 books, 2024–2026.

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