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universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Start with City of Bones →

includes The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, The Dark Artifices, Magnus Bane, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Eldest Curses, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

Zulu NationSeries

series1 book1892

Historical fiction and adventure, emotional in tone, set in africa.

“H. Rider Haggard's Nada the Lily is set during the rise of the Zulu king Shaka, following Umslopogaas, Shaka's unacknowledged son, and his love for the celebrated beauty Nada.”
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Start with Nada the Lily →

Lady AthlyneNovel

Bram Stokerstandalone novel1908

Historical romance and historical fiction, about identity, set in europe.

“Little does she know that half a world away, the real Lord Athlyne is a prisoner of war in a South African camp, where word reaches him that a woman in America is impersonating his wife.”
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The Last BindingSeries

series3 books2021

Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in british isles.

“The first book in the Last Binding trilogy, A MARVELLOUS LIGHT is a queer historical fantasy set in an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts and conspiracies.”
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Start with A Marvellous Light →

London Steampunk UniverseSeries

series14 books2012

Set in british isles.

Start with Kiss of Steel →

Beyond the ThresholdSeries

series2 books1992

Emotional in tone, set in north america.

“When he witnesses an accident and rushes in to help, the victim brings back memories of the night that marked him forever.”
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Start with There and Now →

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