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RhiyanaSeries
series6 books1985
Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in medieval.
Start with The Isle of Glass →
Bridei ChroniclesSeries
series3 books2004
Set in british isles.
“The tasks that he sets Bridei appear to have one goal-to make him a vessel for some distant purpose.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Dark Mirror →
The Radiant EmperorSeries
series2 books2021
About rebellion and revolution, set in east asia.
“The Radiant Emperor reimagines the rise of the founder of a Chinese dynasty as a peasant girl who takes on her dead brother's identity and destiny to survive famine and war, rising through ambition and deception toward the throne.”
from the catalogue
Start with She Who Became the Sun →
Shards of EmpireSeries
series2 books1996
Set in europe.
“In the tenth century, the center of the world is not Rome, but Byzantium.”
from the catalogue
Start with Shards of Empire →
Legends of the WolvesSeries
series3 books1998
completed
About werewolves and shapeshifters, set in europe.
Start with The Silver Wolf →
DeryniUniverse
universe44 books1970
Set in secondary world.
“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Deryni Rising →
includes Legends of Saint Camber, The Heirs of Saint Camber, Chronicles of the Deryni, The Histories of King Kelson, The Childe Morgan