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The Radiant EmperorSeries
series2 books2021
About rebellion and revolution.
“The Radiant Emperor reimagines the rise of the founder of a Chinese dynasty as a peasant girl who takes on her dead brother's identity and destiny to survive famine and war, rising through ambition and deception toward the throne.”
from the catalogue
Start with She Who Became the Sun →
These Violet Delights UniverseSeries
series7 books2020
Set in early 20th century.
Start with These Violent Delights →
DeryniUniverse
universe44 books1970
Set in secondary world.
“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
from the catalogue
Start with Deryni Rising →
includes Chronicles of the Deryni, The Heirs of Saint Camber, Legends of Saint Camber, The Histories of King Kelson, The Childe Morgan
Flame in the MistSeries
series4 books2017
Set in our world.
Start with Flame in the Mist →
Shards of EmpireSeries
series2 books1996
About faith and religion, set in europe.
“In the tenth century, the center of the world is not Rome, but Byzantium.”
from the catalogue
Start with Shards of Empire →
Heirs of the Demon KingSeries
series1 book2014
About rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.
Start with Uprising →