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To Reign in HellNovel
Steven Bruststandalone novel1984
About angels and rebellion and revolution.
The Broken SwordNovel
Poul Andersonstandalone novel1954
Epic fantasy, about curses, set in secondary world and medieval.
“A revised edition was issued by Ballantine Books in January 1971 as the twenty-fourth volume of their Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.”
from the catalogue
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 →
The Dark Star TrilogySeries
series2 books2019
About political intrigue, 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 →
Wheel of the InfiniteNovel
Martha Wellsstandalone novel2000
Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.
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 Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Witness Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy