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MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
About political intrigue.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
DarwathSeries
series7 books1982
Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.
“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Time of the Dark →
The Prison HealerSeries
series3 books2021
About revenge.
“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Prison Healer →
The Demon CycleUniverse
universe18 books2008
Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Painted Man →
includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga
The ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
About magic schools and wizards.
Start with A Deadly Education →