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BirthgraveSeries
series3 books1975
completed
About identity.
“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
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Start with The Birthgrave →
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 Six of Crows, The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha
Thrice BoundNovel
Roberta Gellisstandalone novel2001
Tense in tone, about shapeshifters and wizards, set in underground & caves.
“Hekate's father is the most powerful mage in Ka'anan, so when he commands her to murder the queen of Byblos and marry the king, she must obey or flee.”
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NightseerSeries
series5 books1989
Fantasy, dark in tone, about revenge, set in secondary world.
“A standalone fantasy adventure, it predates Hamilton's better-known Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Token for Celandine →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
The Broken SwordNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1954
Mythic fantasy and epic fantasy, about gods, set in medieval.
“A revised edition was issued by Ballantine Books in January 1971 as the twenty-fourth volume of their Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.”
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