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Shadows Of The Apt

10 books in reading order by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

New to Shadows Of The Apt? Start with book 1, Empire In Black And Gold.

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  1. Empire In Black And Gold

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    Empire In Black And Gold

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace for decades. In far-off corners, the Wasp Empire has been devouring city after city with its highly trained armies and...

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  2. Dragonfly Falling

    Book 2

    Dragonfly Falling

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed,...

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  3. Blood Of The Mantis

    Book 3

    Blood Of The Mantis

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    Driven by the ghosts of the Darakyon, Achaeos has tracked the stolen Shadow Box to the marsh-town of Jerez, but he has only days before the magical box is lost...

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  4. Salute The Dark

    Book 4

    Salute The Dark

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    The vampiric sorcerer Uctebri has at last got his hands on the Shadow Box and can finally begin his dark ritual--a ritual that the Wasp-kinden Emperor believes will grant him...

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  5. The Scarab Path

    Book 5

    The Scarab Path

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    The war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate, and Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans. Cheerwell Maker finds herself crippled in ways...

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  6. The Sea Watch

    Book 6

    The Sea Watch

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    Despite the tenuous peace, Stenwold Maker knows that the Empire will return for his city. Even as he tries to prepare for the resurgence of the black and gold empire,...

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  7. Heirs Of The Blade

    Book 7

    Heirs Of The Blade

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    "Tynisa is running, but she cannot escape the demons of her own mind. Amidst the fragmenting provinces of the Dragonfly Commonweal her past will at last catch up with her....

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  8. Seal Of The Worm

    Book 8

    Seal Of The Worm

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    For all the fans who loved the long-running series of Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series, comes the concluding novel in Adrian Tchaikovsky's ten book epic fantasy series...

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  9. War Master's Gate

    Book 9

    War Master's Gate

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    SHADOWS OF THE APT: BOOK NINE Relentlessly advancing towards Collegium, the Empire is again seeking to break down its walls. The mighty imperial armies have learnt from their failures, and...

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  10. Shadows Of The Apt

    Shadows Of The Apt

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    This series wins big points for originality here. The premise itself sounds, on the surface, ridiculously unbelievable: a world where all humans have the attributes of different insects. However, the...

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