Series
Imriel Trilogy
Jacqueline Carey · 3 novels · 2006–2008
Jacqueline Carey's Imriel trilogy continues her Kushiel's Legacy series, following Imriel de la Courcel — adopted son of the earlier trilogy's heroine Phèdre and her companion Joscelin, and birth son of the traitor Melisande Shahrizai — as he navigates a court of conspiracy and desire in Terre d'Ange. Beginning with Kushiel's Scion (2006), the trilogy continues through Kushiel's Justice and Kushiel's Mercy, tracing Imriel's coming of age under the shadow of his mother's legacy.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Imriel Trilogy 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
- 2000s3
Shape
3 novels
1 author
reads like:fantasypolitical intriguesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedemotionaladult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Kushiel's Sciondarkest · calmest
- Kushiel's Mercybrightest · most intense