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universe8 books2001

Epic fantasy, about wizards and political intrigue.

“Once a year the magicians of Kyralia sweep the beggars out of the capital, and once a year the beggars throw stones.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Magicians' Guild →

includes The Black Magician Trilogy, The Traitor Spy Trilogy

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

includes Earthsea Cycle

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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Magician →

includes Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], The Firemane Saga, Riftwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, Serpentwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Conclave of Shadows, Demonwar Saga

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue

Start with Wizard's First Rule →

includes The Nicci Chronicles, Richard and Kahlan, The Legend of Magda Searus

The Licanius TrilogySeries

series3 books2014

Epic fantasy, about chosen one and prophecy.

“The three books trace how the old war's cover-up starts to unravel.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Shadow of What Was Lost →

Crowthistle ChroniclesSeries

series4 books2004

Set in secondary world.

“Cecilia Dart-Thornton's Crowthistle Chronicles begins with The Iron Tree, following Jewel, a young woman marked by a birth-curse, through a secondary world shaped by the author's dense, archaic prose and folkloric creatures.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Iron Tree →

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