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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and 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 The Riftwar Universe
    The RiftwarUniverse

    universe · 44 books · 1982

    Epic fantasy.

    “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 Riftwar Saga, Kelewan Empire, Serpentwar Saga, Legends of the Riftwar, The Riftwar Legacy, Krondor's Sons, Darkwar Saga, Conclave of Shadows

  • Cover of The World of Riverside
    The World of RiversideSeries

    series · 72 books · 1982

    About political intrigue.

    “The wider World of Riverside has since expanded into shared-world short fiction and anthologies, such as Swords of Riverside, contributed to by numerous other writers.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Swordspoint →

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  • Cover of Queen's Thief
    Queen's ThiefSeries

    series · 41 books · 1996

    About political intrigue.

    “Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Thief →

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  • Cover of Ile-Rien
    Ile-RienSeries

    series · 12 books · 1993

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “The Ile-Rien books are a series of fantasy novels by Martha Wells set in the fictional country of Ile-Rien.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Element of Fire →

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  • Cover of Dragon Trilogies
    Dragon TrilogiesSeries

    series · 6 books · 1988

    Epic fantasy, about dragons and political intrigue.

    “The Dragon Prince trilogy focuses on Prince Rohan of the Desert and his Sunrunner wife, Sioned, while the Dragon Star trilogy focuses on their son, Pol.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dragon Prince →

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