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Ixia & Sitia milieuSeries

series12 books2005

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

Start with Poison Study →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Game of Thrones →

includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

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 →

includes The Nikolai Duology, The Grisha, Six of Crows

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, dark in tone.

“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 →

includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Witness Trilogy

The Prison HealerSeries

series3 books2021

Epic fantasy, about revenge.

“Lynette Noni's YA trilogy follows Kiva Meridan, a teenage healer imprisoned in the brutal death camp of Zalindov, who is forced to stand trial by combat in another prisoner's place when a mysterious rebel movement upends the prison's order.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Prison Healer →

Healer / Avry of KazanSeries

series3 books2011

Epic fantasy.

“Avry of Kazan can heal people by absorbing their wounds and diseases into herself.”
from the catalogue

Start with Touch of Power →

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