Series
Syai Universe
Alma Alexander · 2 novels · 2004–2006
The Secrets of Jin-Shei is Alma Alexander's novel set in an invented East Asian-inspired empire, published by HarperCollins in 2004 and translated into fourteen languages. A direct sequel, The Embers of Heaven, followed two years later, continuing the story in the same world. Alexander, who also writes as Alma A. Hromic, is known for blending secondary-world fantasy with real-world historical and mythological texture.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
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Syai Universe 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
- 2000s2
Shape
2 novels
1 author
reads like:fantasypolitical intriguesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedemotionaladult
Mood
Grim and calm: 50% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
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- The Embers of Heavendarkest · calmest
- The Secrets of Jin-Sheibrightest · most intense