Series
Darksword
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman · 5 novels · 1988–1997
The Darksword series consists of the initial three books of The Darksword Trilogy, a supplemental role-playing volume, and a single-volume sequel. It was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman with cover art by Larry Elmore. It is the story of a young man, born without magic in a society where magic is life, who has been prophesied to destroy the world. The books are published by Bantam Spectra, the science fiction division of Random House. Each book of the trilogy reached the New York Times best seller list.
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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Darksword 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.
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By decade
- 1980s4
- 1990s1
Shape
5 novels
2 authors
reads like:epic fantasyprophecysecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 60% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 5 works carry a tone
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- Forging the Darksworddarkest · calmest
- Doom of the Darkswordbrightest · most intense