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To Reign in HellNovel
Steven Bruststandalone novel1984
Mythic fantasy, about angels and rebellion and revolution.
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 →
Between Earth and SkySeries
series3 books2020
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.
“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Sun →
Sundering (Jacqueline Carey)Series
series2 books2004
Epic fantasy, about war and dark lord, set in secondary world.
“The books portray a conflict between light and dark, with many of the common conventions of fantasy fiction.”
from the catalogue
Start with Banewreaker →
Promise of ShadowsNovel
Justina Irelandstandalone novel2014
Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about revenge.
Tales of the Flat EarthSeries
series14 books1978
completed
About demons, set in secondary world.
“The novels take inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and are similarly structured as interconnected stories.”
from the catalogue
Start with Night's Master →