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The Locked TombSeries
series6 books2019
About undead and identity, set in space.
“Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth follows Gideon Nav, an indentured swordswoman raised among nuns and skeletons in the Ninth House, who is drafted into a deadly imperial trial by Harrowhark, the necromancer she can't stand.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gideon the Ninth →
Solar CycleSeries
series18 books1980
completed
Science fiction.
Start with The Shadow of the Torturer →
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Science fiction, about aliens, set in space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds, Man-Kzin Wars
ForerunnerSeries
series5 books1960
completed
Science fiction.
“Under desperate circumstances, a beautiful young woman must team up with a star traveler in order to find the key to the start of civilization so that the future might be saved.”
from the catalogue
Start with Storm Over Warlock →
The Hammer of DarknessNovel
L. E. Modesitt & Jr.standalone novel1985
About gods and identity.
“Martin Martel is an exile in trouble with the gods.”
from the catalogue
Elder RaceSeries
series2 books2021
Science fiction, reflective in tone.
Start with Elder Race →