Series
War for the Oaks
Emma Bull & Will Shetterly · 2 novels · 1987–2004
Emma Bull's 1987 urban fantasy debut follows Minneapolis rock singer Eddi McCandry after a faerie noble conscripts her into the ancient war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, forcing her to keep her band and her life together while fighting a battle she never asked for in her own city. Widely credited with helping found the urban fantasy genre, it won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
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By decade
- 1980s1
- 1990s0
- 2000s1
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Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
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- War for the Oaksdarkest · brightest · calmest · most intense