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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    About war.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

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    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Cosmere
    CosmereUniverse

    universe · 54 books · 2005

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Final Empire →

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    includes The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, Lumar, Canticle, Cosmere non-canon, First of the Sun

  • Cover of Sparhawk
    SparhawkUniverse

    universe · 6 books · 1989

    About quests.

    “Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Diamond Throne →

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    includes The Tamuli, Elenium

  • Cover of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone
    The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

    series · 4 books · 2003

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

    “In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Briar King →

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  • Cover of The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Magician →

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    includes Serpentwar Saga, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Darkwar Saga, Riftwar Saga, Krondor's Sons, Conclave of Shadows, Demonwar Saga, Kelewan Empire

  • Cover of Between Earth and Sky
    Between Earth and SkySeries

    series · 3 books · 2020

    Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and gods, 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 →

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