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Red QueenSeries
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Fantasy, dark in tone, about class conflict.
“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
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Start with Queen Song →
The Tainted Blood DuologySeries
series2 books2023
Fantasy and epic fantasy.
Start with Forged by Blood →
The PledgeSeries
series3 books2011
Science fiction, about class conflict.
Start with The Pledge →
World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war.
“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
Lone CitySeries
series3 books2014
Science fiction, dark in tone, about class conflict.
“Violet, a poor girl from the outer city, finds forbidden romance and uncovers brutal secrets when, after three years of training, she is purchased by a royal family as a surrogate mother for royal children.”
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Start with The Jewel →
HierarchySeries
series2 books2023
Epic fantasy, about class conflict and magic schools.
“James Islington's Hierarchy series opens with The Will of the Many, set in the Catenan Republic, an empire built on 'Will' — citizens' personal strength and drive, ceded upward to those in power.”
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Start with The Will of the Many →