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Books like Demontech: 9 series to read next

Demontech is fantasy, about war, set in secondary world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Demontech is 7 books, 2002–2021.

“David Sherman was an American novelist who dealt overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level.”
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The Lost Regiment
Malazan
World of Ice and Fire
The Poppy War
The Powder Mage
The Riftwar
Red Queen
The Darkness
The Acacia Trilogy

The Lost RegimentSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen9 books1990

Alternate history.

“William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment series begins with Rally Cry, in which a Civil War Union regiment is swept onto a distant world where humans transplanted from many eras and cultures are farmed as food by an alien race.”
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Start with Rally Cry →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark and epic fantasy.

“The Poppy War follows Rin, a war orphan who tests into an elite military academy and discovers a talent for shamanic power tied to a pantheon of vengeful gods.”
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Start with The Poppy War →

The Powder MageUniverse

universe19 books2013

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and class conflict.

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Queen Song →

The DarknessSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove6 books1999

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

Start with Into the Darkness →

The Acacia TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Anthony Durham3 books2007

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.

“David Anthony Durham's trilogy, continuing through The Other Lands and The Sacred Band, follows the siblings as each confronts a different piece of the empire's hidden machinery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Demontech?: The Lost Regiment — the closest match to Demontech on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Demontech?: Onslaught. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Demontech.
How big is Demontech?: Demontech is 7 books, 2002–2021.
Is Demontech finished?: Yes — 7 books, 2002–2021.

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