Series
The Severed Empire
Phillip Tomasso · 4 novels · 2016–2017
The Severed Empire is Phillip Tomasso's fantasy series opening with Queens of Osiris (2016), continuing through Wizard's Rise, Wizard's War and Assassin's Promise. Its titles trace a fractured empire's succession struggle, where wizardry and assassination shape who ends up holding power. The four books form one continuous arc, later gathered in a complete-series edition.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
The Severed 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
- 2010s4
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 75% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Assassin's Promisedarkest · most intense
- Wizard's Warbrightest · calmest