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The AncestorSeries
series4 books2017
Epic fantasy and dark fantasy, dark in tone, about magic schools and coming of age, set in secondary world.
“The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities.”
from the catalogue
Start with Red Sister →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
About war.
“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 ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
About survival and wizards.
Start with A Deadly Education →
Night AngelUniverse
universe6 books2008
Dark fantasy and fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about assassins, set in secondary world.
“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Way of Shadows →
includes The Kylar Chronicles
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
About war.
“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, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
“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, Six of Crows, The Grisha