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EarthseaUniverse
universe19 books1964
Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.
“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →
includes Earthsea Cycle
Prospero and Roger BaconSeries
series2 books1969
completed
About quests.
“The Face in the Frost, John Bellairs's only adult fantasy novel, follows two aging wizards, Prospero and Roger Bacon, as they track down a rising magical evil that has started to unravel the world around them.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Face in the Frost →
The ScholomanceSeries
series3 books2020
Tense in tone, about magic schools and survival.
Start with A Deadly Education →
SekenreSeries
series15 books1994
Fantasy and dark fantasy, dark in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.
Start with On the Last Night of the Festival of the Dead →
Sun Wolf and StarhawkSeries
series7 books1984
Adventurous in tone.
“Sun Wolf's partnership with his lieutenant Starhawk carries across The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and further volumes as both are drawn deeper into magic neither originally wanted.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Ladies of Mandrigyn →
The Crescent Moon KingdomsSeries
series1 book2012
Epic fantasy, about quests and monster hunting, set in desert.
“A handful of reluctant heroes must uncover the truth behind the killings before the kingdom tears itself apart.”
from the catalogue
Start with Throne of the Crescent Moon →