Series
The Ancestor
Mark Lawrence · 3 novels · 1 short story · 2017–2019
The Book of the Ancestor trilogy is a series of three fantasy novels by Mark Lawrence. It comprises Red Sister (2017), Grey Sister (2018), and Holy Sister (2019). The three novels tell the story of Nona Grey, a peasant girl with mystical abilities. Red Sister was nominated for the 2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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Stats
By decade
- 2010s4
Shape
3 novels · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:fantasymagic schoolssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifieddarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Holy Sisterdarkest · calmest
- Red Sisterbrightest
- Grey Sistermost intense