Series
Dread Empire
Glen Cook · 8 novels · 1 novella · 5 novelettes · 4 short stories · 1 collection · 1971–2012
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- Theme
- Place
- Time
- Tone
- Audience
- Form
Reading order
The order events happen in the world.
✦ Curated by the Loreful team
The trilogy at the heart of the series was published first, but two later books tell what came before it. This route runs the story's own way: the earlier wars first, then the central trilogy, then what follows — with the closing book, published decades later, at the end.
- Omnibus editions(3 editions)
Map
Dread 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
- 1970s6
- 1980s10
- 1990s0
- 2000s2
- 2010s1
Shape
8 novels · 1 novella · 5 novelettes · 4 short stories · 1 collection
1 author
reads like:fantasypolitical intriguesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifieddarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book15 of 19 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Severed Headsdarkest · calmest
- The Fire in His Handsbrightest · most intense