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Books like Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master): 9 series to read next

Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master) is fantasy and epic fantasy, about gods, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master) is 3 books, 1994–1995.

“Benetan, captain of the Chaos riders, serves his masters, the magi of the Star Peninsula, who captured him years before.”
from the catalogue description of Star Ascendant

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World of Ice and Fire
Malazan
The Poppy War
The Circle of the World
Forgotten Realms
Fallen Gods / Godkiller
Wars of Vis
Night Angel
An Ember in the Ashes

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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The Poppy WarSeries

seriesR. F. Kuang4 books2018

Grimdark, about war.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Poppy War →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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Fallen Gods / GodkillerSeries

seriesHannah Kaner3 books2023

About war.

“Hannah Kaner's Godkiller follows Kissen, who lost her family to zealots of a fire god and now kills gods for a living, until she meets Skedi, a small god of white lies bound against his will to a young noble and hunted by assassins.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Godkiller →

Wars of VisSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1976

Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.

“The Storm Lord opens the trilogy, continued by Anackire and The White Serpent.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Storm Lord →

Night AngelUniverse

universe6 books2008

About assassins.

“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue description

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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with An Ember in the Ashes →

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 Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master)?: World of Ice and Fire — the closest match to Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master)?: Star Ascendant. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master).
How big is Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master)?: Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master) is 3 books, 1994–1995.
Is Star Shadow (prequel to Time Master) finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1994–1995.

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