Series
The Seventh Sword
Dave Duncan · 4 novels · 1988–2012
The Seventh Sword opens with The Reluctant Swordsman, Dave Duncan's 1990 fantasy novel and the first installment in this tetralogy. The Coming of Wisdom and The Destiny of the Sword continue the original three-book arc, with The Death of Nnanji added as a fourth entry more than two decades later.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
The Seventh Sword 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
- 1980s3
- 1990s0
- 2000s0
- 2010s1
Shape
4 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasytransported to another worldsecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Coming of Wisdomdarkest · most intense
- The Reluctant Swordsmanbrightest · calmest