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  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, about war.

    “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 →

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    includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Path to Ascendancy, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

  • Cover of Nazhuret of Sordaling / Lens of the World
    Nazhuret of Sordaling / Lens of the WorldSeries

    series · 3 books · 1990

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “R. A. MacAvoy's trilogy continues through King of the Dead and Winter of the Wolf, following Nazhuret further into the politics of a court he was never meant to be part of.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Lens of the World →

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  • Cover of Forgotten Realms
    Forgotten RealmsUniverse

    universe · 526 books · 1987

    Epic fantasy.

    “Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Crystal Shard →

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    includes Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Forgotten Realms: The Sellswords, Forgotten Realms: The Erevis Cale Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet, Sage of Shadowdale / Elminster, Forgotten Realms: The Fighters, Forgotten Realms: The Citadels, Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen

  • Cover of The Lotus War
    The Lotus WarSeries

    series · 4 books · 2012

    About rebellion and revolution.

    “Land and sky have been poisoned by industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation's Shogun is lost to his thirst for power.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Stormdancer →

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  • Cover of Night Angel
    Night AngelUniverse

    universe · 6 books · 2008

    Dark fantasy.

    “There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Way of Shadows →

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    includes The Kylar Chronicles

  • Cover of The City of Fantome
    The City of FantomeSeries

    series · 2 books · 2024

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “In the dark underbelly of a beautiful city, two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge, where the most dangerous mistake of all is falling in love.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Dagger and the Flame →

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