Series
Beklan Empire
Richard Adams · 2 novels · 1974–1984
Two standalone novels by Richard Adams set in the same invented world, the Beklan Empire, an ancient, quasi-Mediterranean land of god-kings, slave markets, and warring city-states. Shardik (1974) follows a hunter swept into a religious and military frenzy over a giant bear believed to be the vessel of a god; Maia (1984) turns to an earlier generation of the empire and follows a slave girl's rise through its court and conquests. The two novels share only their setting, not characters or plot.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Map
Beklan Empire at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s1
- 1980s1
Shape
2 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasyfaith and religionsecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 50% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.