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series3 books2009

Steampunk, about genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
from the catalogue

Start with Leviathan →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

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

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

The Broken EmpireUniverse

universe27 books2011

Grimdark, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“What looks like sword-and-castle medievalism is the ash of our own age, and the magic is only physics that learned to listen.”
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Start with Prince of Fools →

includes The Red Queen's War

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

SpiritwalkerSeries

series14 books2010

Historical fantasy, set in alternate earth and 19th century.

“Kate Elliott's Spiritwalker trilogy — Cold Magic, Cold Fire, Cold Steel — is an epic fantasy following two cousins navigating a world of dragons and cold magic.”
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Start with Cold Magic →

The Great LibrarySeries

series5 books2015

completed

About books and reading.

“In an exhilarating new series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time ...”
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Start with Ink and Bone →

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