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To Reign in HellNovel
Steven Bruststandalone novel1984
Mythic fantasy, about angels and rebellion and revolution.
The Dark Star TrilogySeries
series2 books2019
Mythic fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Leopard, Red Wolf →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.
“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 The Kharkanas Trilogy, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.
“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
Wheel of the InfiniteNovel
Martha Wellsstandalone novel2000
Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series
series9 books2010
Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →