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To Reign in HellNovel
Steven Bruststandalone novel1984
Mythic fantasy, about angels and rebellion and revolution.
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, 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 Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, 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
InfernoSeries
series2 books1976
About redemption and faith and religion.
“In Inferno, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle send a science fiction writer to his death and drop him into a modern-dress version of Dante's nine circles of Hell, where he must reason his way toward understanding why he has been damned.”
from the catalogue
Start with Inferno →
Wheel of the InfiniteNovel
Martha Wellsstandalone novel2000
Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
The Age of RavensSeries
series2 books2019
Grimdark and war & military, about mecha, set in secondary world.
“The war between Almacia and the Empire of Kolakolvia is in its hundredth year.”
from the catalogue
Start with Servants of War →