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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

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

    “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

    Epic fantasy and 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 Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Elantris, Lumar, Canticle, Cosmere non-canon, Threnody

  • Cover of Dragon Trilogies
    Dragon TrilogiesSeries

    series · 6 books · 1988

    About dragons.

    “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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    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, Kelewan Empire, Midkemian Trilogy [UK] / Chaoswar Saga [US], Riftwar Saga, Darkwar Saga, The Riftwar Legacy, Krondor's Sons, Conclave of Shadows

  • Cover of Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

    Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

    “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, Night of Knives, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy

  • Cover of The Powder Mage
    The Powder MageUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2013

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

    “Load your powder, and pray your sorcery outruns their cannon.”

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    Start with Promise of Blood →

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