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

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    About political intrigue.

    “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 Malazan
    MalazanUniverse

    universe · 36 books · 1999

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

  • Cover of The Circle of the World
    The Circle of the WorldUniverse

    universe · 29 books · 2006

    Fantasy and grimdark, set in secondary world.

    “What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Blade Itself →

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    includes The First Law Trilogy, The Age of Madness

  • Cover of Shattered Sea
    Shattered SeaSeries

    series · 4 books · 2014

    Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

    “Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre».”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Half a King →

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  • Cover of The Second Apocalypse
    The Second ApocalypseSeries

    series · 11 books · 2003

    Challenging in tone, about political intrigue.

    Start with The Darkness That Comes Before →

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  • Cover of Grishaverse
    GrishaverseUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 2012

    Fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Six of Crows →

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    includes The Nikolai Duology, Six of Crows, The Grisha