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24 fantasy books to read after The Last Mortal Bond, by Staveley, Brian, the closest match first.

  1. Skullsworn

    1. Skullsworn

    by Staveley, Brian

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Most magic systems have a single source. In Earthsea, it’s words, Mistborn has metals, and so on. With his worldseries, Stavely does things a little differently. Magic users, known as...

  2. Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne

    2. Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne

    by Staveley, Brian

    • Same series
    • Same author

    The emperor is dead and the empire in turmoil. With these dark scenes, Stavely’s series opens, and things don’t let up from there. A son and heir, Valyn is training...

  3. The Chronicles Of The Unhewn Throne

    3. The Chronicles Of The Unhewn Throne

    by Staveley, Brian

    • Same series
    • Same author

    A new epic fantasy series that just hits pitch perfect notes. This is really one of the best new fantasy series to come out the past decade.There's royal siblings separated...

  4. The Providence Of Fire

    Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne book 2

    4. The Providence Of Fire

    by Staveley, Brian

    • Same series
    • Same author

    The Providence of Fire is the second novel in Brian Staveley's Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, a gripping new epic fantasy series The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of...

  5. Chronicles Of The Unhewn Throne

    5. Chronicles Of The Unhewn Throne

    by Staveley, Brian

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Staveley's Unhewn Throne series presents an intelligent mash-up of three simultaneous coming of age stories. Separated for eight years, three royal children must face the fallout of the Emperor's assassination...

  6. Chains Of The Heretic

    Bloodsounder's Arc book 3

    6. Chains Of The Heretic

    by Salyards, Jeff

    • On the same lists

    I maintain Jeff Salyards military fantasy is some of the best stuff in the genre. I was fascinated by the world created by Salyards in the first book (even if...

  7. City Of Blades

    The Divine Cities book 2

    7. City Of Blades

    by Bennett, Robert Jackson

    • On the same lists

    2014's City of Stairs was a remarkable read and was widely regarded by many critics as one of the best, if not the best, novel of 2014. Robert Jackson Bennett...

  8. Morning Star

    8. Morning Star

    by Brown, Pierce

    • On the same lists

    The final volume in Pierce Brown's mega popular Red Rising trilogy. This book came out February 2016; it managed to impress us.So far, this has been our favorite read of...

  9. The Spider's War

    The Dagger And The Coin book 5

    9. The Spider's War

    by Abraham, Daniel

    • On the same lists

    Daniel Abraham's five book epic fantasy comes to an end with The Spider's War. It's a remarkable book that wraps things up just the right way, answering all questions, tying...

  10. Drake

    10. Drake

    by Mclean, Peter

    • On the same lists

    This Urban fantasy kind of goes in the direction of Dresden and Sandman Slim when you start reading, but diverges pretty quickly, proving that it's something entirely different.Drake is a...

  11. A Gathering Of Shadows

    A Darker Shade Of Magic book 2

    11. A Gathering Of Shadows

    by Schwab, Victoria

    • On the same lists

    If you like what Schwab did in her first book, A Darker Shade of Magic, then you'll definitely like what she does in the sequel. I had mixed feelings about...

  12. Bands Of Mourning

    Mistborn (wax & Wayne) book 3

    12. Bands Of Mourning

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • On the same lists

    Yet another Sanderson book. The second book to come out in 2016, and it's only March! Seriously, I don't know how Sanderson can write so prolifically – he writes two,...

  13. The Wheel Of Osheim

    13. The Wheel Of Osheim

    by Lawrence, Mark

    • On the same lists

    Felt so so about the first book, loved the second book, and I also love the final book in Lawrence's new take on an anti-hero prince. Jarl, the hero of...

  14. Those Below

    14. Those Below

    by Polansky, Daniel

    • On the same lists

    For centuries beyond counting, humanity has served the Others, god-like Eternals who rule from their cloud-capped mountain-city, building a civilization of unimagined beauty and unchecked viciousness. But all that is...

  15. Age Of Myth

    15. Age Of Myth

    by Sullivan, Michael J.

    • On the same lists

    Michael J. Sullivan's trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative scope and sympathetic characters won a devoted readership and comparisons...

  16. The Waking Fire

    16. The Waking Fire

    by Ryan, Anthony

    • On the same lists

    This is Ryan's best book since his wonderful first book (The Blood Song) which took the world by storm and rang all the same bells that Patrick Rothfuss did in...

  17. Sleeping Giants

    Themis Files book 1 Start here

    17. Sleeping Giants

    by Neuvel, Sylvain

    • On the same lists

    A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a...

  18. The Malice

    18. The Malice

    by Newman, Peter

    • On the same lists

    Following Peter Newman's brilliant debut, THE VAGRANT. This is the much-anticipated sequel, THE MALICE. In the south, the Breach stirs. Gamma's sword, the Malice, wakes, calling to be taken to...

  19. Burned

    19. Burned

    by Jacka, Benedict

    • On the same lists

    Mage Alex Verus is back in the seventh in the “gorgeously realized”* urban fantasy series from the national bestselling author of Veiled.   I’m used to people wanting me dead. But,...

  20. Children Of Earth And Sky

    20. Children Of Earth And Sky

    by Kay, Guy Gavriel

    • On the same lists

    The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new book, set in a world inspired by the conflicts...

  21. The Guns Of Empire

    21. The Guns Of Empire

    by Wexler, Django

    • On the same lists

    As the audacious and subversive' Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordans enemies is only growing worse... As the roar of the...

  22. The Great Ordeal

    22. The Great Ordeal

    by Bakker, R. Scott

    • On the same lists

    The much-anticipated third installment of R. Scott Bakkers acclaimed series, The Aspect-EmperorPraised by fans and critics worldwide, R. Scott Bakker has become one of the most celebrated voices in fantasy...

  23. The Plague Of Swords

    The Traitor Son Cycle book 4

    23. The Plague Of Swords

    by Cameron, Miles

    • On the same lists

    Book 4 in the fantastically awesome Traitor's Son Cycle This series is currently my favorite new fantasy series and it's the next best thing since Malazan Book of the Fallen....

  24. Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne

    24. Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne

    by Staveley, Brian

    • Same author

    One of the best fantasy books (this book and the sequel book too our best fantasy book of 2014 & 2015) is made even better by a perfect performance by...

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