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Fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
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from the catalogue
Start with Throne of the Crescent Moon →
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from the catalogue
Start with Conan the Victorious →
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DilvishSeries
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completed
Fantasy and sword and sorcery, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.
“Centuries ago, the half-elf warrior Dilvish tried to stop a dark sorcerer named Jelerak from completing a terrible ritual, and paid for it by being turned to stone and having his soul cast into Hell.”
from the catalogue
Start with Passage to Dilfar →