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series16 books1963

completed

Sword and sorcery, about quests.

“John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian follows his own wandering barbarian swordsman, Brak, through sword-and-sorcery adventures modeled on the pulp tradition of the 1930s and '40s but original to Jakes rather than adapted from an earlier author.”
from the catalogue

Start with Brak the Barbarian →

The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
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Start with The Painted Man →

includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga

WinterlandsSeries

series7 books1986

About dragons.

“Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”
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Start with Dragonsbane →

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.”
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Start with The Time of the Dark →

Spook'sUniverse

universe32 books2004

Dark fantasy.

“The seventh son of a seventh son gets no say in the matter.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Spook's Apprentice →

includes Starblade Chronicles, The Wardstone Chronicles (UK) / The Last Apprentice (US), Spook's Universe short fiction

NightseerSeries

series5 books1989

About revenge.

“A standalone fantasy adventure, it predates Hamilton's better-known Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.”
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Start with A Token for Celandine →

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