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World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Fantasy.
“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
The Powder MageUniverse
universe19 books2013
Fantasy.
“Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”
from the catalogue
Start with Promise of Blood →
includes The Powder Mage Trilogy, Gods of Blood and Powder
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 Night of Knives, Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
Fantasy.
“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue
Start with Six of Crows →
includes The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha, Six of Crows
The RiftwarUniverse
universe44 books1982
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 Serpentwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Kelewan Empire, Darkwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, The Riftwar Legacy, Krondor's Sons, Demonwar Saga
The Acacia TrilogySeries
series3 books2007
Fantasy.
“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
Start with Acacia: The War with the Mein →