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Fantasy: Uneasy Lies the Head (Politics and War)

Fantasies that focus on the rulers of the realm, their power struggles and military campaigns, and their often weird and convoluted families.

Authors & Titles

• Anderson, James & Sebanc, Mark: Legacy of the Stone Harp series
  
  1. The Stoneholding
     
• Ash, Sarah: The Tears of Artamon series
  
  (prequel) Tracing the Shadow (Alchymist's Legacy #1)
  
  1. Lord of Snow and Shadows
     
  2. Prisoner of the Iron Tower
     
  3. Children of the Serpent Gate
     
  4. Flight Into Darkness (Alchymist's Legacy #2)
     
• Asprin, Robert & Del Carlo, Eric: Wartorn series
  
  1. Resurrection
     
• Bennett, Danielle & Jones, Jaida: Havemercy series
  
  1. Havemercy
     
  2. Shadow Magic
     
  3. Dragon Soul
     
  4. Steelhands
     
• Berg, Carol: Rai-Kirah Saga
  
  1. Transformation
     
  2. Revelation
     
  3. Restoration
     
• Bertin, Joanne: Dragonlord series
  
  1. The Last Dragonlord
     
  2. Dragon and Phoenix
     
• Bishop, Anne: Black Jewels series
  
  1. Daughter of the Blood
     
  2. Heir to the Shadows
     
  3. Queen of the Darkness
     
  4. Dreams Made Flesh
     
  5. Tangled Webs
     
  6. The Shadow Queen
     
  7. Shalador's Lady
     
• Brennan, Noel-Anne: Daughter of the Desert
  
• Brennan, Noel-Anne: The Land series
  
  1. The Sword of the Land
     
  2. The Blood of the Land
     
• Briggs, Patricia: Five Kingdoms series
  
  1. Dragon Bones
     
  2. Dragon Blood
     
• Brown, Simon: Chronicles of Kydan
  
  1. Empire's Daughter
     
• Bujold, Lois McMaster: Chalion series
  
  1. The Curse of Chalion
     
  2. Paladin of Souls
     
• Bunch, Chris: Dragonmaster series
  
  1. A Storm of Wings
     
  2. Knighthood of the Dragon
     
• Butcher, Jim: Codex Alera series
  
  1. Furies of Calderon
     
  2. Academ's Fury
     
  3. Cursor's Fury
     
  4. Captain's Fury
     
  5. Princeps' Fury
     
  6. First Lord's Fury
     
• Carwyn, Giles & Fahnestock, Todd: Heartstone series
  
  1. Heir of Autumn
     
  2. Mistress of Winter
     
  3. Queen of Oblivion
     
• Chernenko, Dan: The Scepter of Mercy series
  
  1. The Bastard King
     
  2. The Chernagor Pirates
     
• Chester, Deborah: The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice series
  
  1. The Sword
     
  2. The Ring
     
  3. The Chalice
     
  4. The Queen's Gambit
     
  5. The King Betrayed
     
  6. The Queen's Knight
     
• Cook, Glen: Black Company series
  
  1. The Black Company
     
  2. Shadows Linger
     
  3. The White Rose
     
  4. The Silver Spike
     
  5. Shadow Games (First Book of the South)
     
  6. Dreams of Steel (Second Book of the South)
     
  7. Bleak Seasons (Glittering Stone #1)
     
  8. She is the Darkness (Glittering Stone #2)
     
  9. Water Sleeps (Glittering Stone #3)
     
  10. Soldiers Live (Glittering Stone #4)
      
• Cook, Glen: Instrumentalities of the Night series
  
  1. Tyranny of the Night
     
  2. Lord of the Silent Kingdom
     
• Crispin, A.C.: Exiles of Boq'urain series
  
  1. Storms of Destiny
     
• Dart-Thornton, Cecilia: Bitterbynde series
  
  1. The Ill-Made Mute
     
  2. The Lady of the Sorrows
     
  3. The Battle of Evernight
     
• Deitz, Tom: Eron series
  
  1. Bloodwinter
     
  2. Springwar
     
  3. Summerblood
     
  4. Warautumn
     
• Duncan, Dave: Children of Chaos series
  
  1. Children of Chaos
     
• Duncan, Dave: King's Blades series
  
  1. The Gilded Chain
     
  2. Lord of the Fire Lands
     
  3. Sky of Swords
     
  4. Paragon Lost
     
  5. Impossible Odds
     
  6. The Jaguar Knights
     
• Duncan, Dave: King's Daggers series
  
  1. Sir Stalwart
     
  2. Crooked House
     
• Durham, David Anthony: Acacia series
  
  1. Acacia: The War With the Mein
     
  2. The Other Lands
     
• Enge, James: Blood of Ambrose series
  
  1. Blood of Ambrose
     
  2. This Crooked Way
     
• Fahnestock, Todd & Carwyn, Giles: Heartstone series
  
  1. Heir of Autumn
     
  2. Mistress of Winter
     
  3. Queen of Oblivion
     
• Farland, David: Runelords series
  
  1. The Runelords
     
  2. Brotherhood of the Wolf
     
  3. Wizardborn
     
  4. The Lair of Bones
     
  5. Sons of the Oak
     
  6. Worldbinder
     
  7. The Wyrmling Horde
     
  8. Chaosbound
     
• Farrell, S.L.: Nessantico Cycle series
  
  1. A Magic of Twilight
     
• Francis, Diana Pharaoh: Reisil series
  
  1. Path of Fate
     
  2. Path of Honor
     
• Freeman, Lorna: Borderlands series
  
  1. Covenants
     
• Gemmell, David: Hawk Queen series
  
  1. Ironhand's Daughter
     
• Gemmell, David: Stones of Power series
  
  1. Ghost King
     
  2. Last Sword of Power
     
  3. Wolf in Shadow
     
  4. The Last Guardian
     
  5. Bloodstone
     
• Glass, Isabel: Daughter of Exile
  
• Hale, Deborah: The Wizard's Ward
  
• Hignutt, Diana: Talion series
  
  1. Moonsword
     
  2. Empress of Clouds
     
• Isaak, Elaine: Lochalyn series
  
  1. The Singer's Crown
     
  2. The Eunuch's Heir
     
• Jones, Jaida & Bennett, Danielle: Havemercy series
  
  1. Havemercy
     
  2. Shadow Magic
     
  3. Dragon Soul
     
  4. Steelhands
     
• Kearney, Paul: The Monarchies of God series
  
  1. Hawkwood's Voyage
     
  2. The Heretic Kings
     
  3. The Iron Wars
     
  4. The Second Empire
     
  5. Ships From the West
     
• Keck, David: Durand Col series
  
  1. In the Eye of Heaven
     
  2. In a Time of Treason
     
• Kerr, Katharine: Deverry series
  
  1. Daggerspell
     
  2. Darkspell
     
  3. The Bristling Wood
     
  4. The Dragon Revenant
     
  5. A Time of Exile
     
  6. A Time of Omens
     
  7. Days of Blood and Fire
     
  8. Days of Air and Darkness
     
  9. The Red Wyvern (The Dragon Mage #1)
     
  10. The Black Raven (The Dragon Mage #2)
      
  11. The Fire Dragon (The Dragon Mage #3)
      
  12. The Gold Falcon (The Silver Wyrm #1)
      
  13. The Spirit Stone (The Silver Wyrm #2)
      
  14. The Shadow Isle (The Silver Wyrm #3)
      
• Keyes, Greg: Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series
  
  1. The Briar King
     
  2. The Charnel Prince
     
  3. The Blood Knight
     
• Kritzer, Naomi: Eliana series
  
  1. Fires of the Faithful
     
  2. Turning the Storm
     
• Lackey, Mercedes: Valdemar series
  
  Mage Wars
  
  1. The Black Gryphon (Mage Wars #1)
     
  2. The White Gryphon (Mage Wars #2)
     
  3. The Silver Gryphon (Mage Wars #3)
     The Last Herald-Mage
     
  4. Magic's Pawn (Last Herald-Mage #1)
     
  5. Magic's Promise (Last Herald-Mage #2)
     
  6. Magic's Price (Last Herald-Mage #3)
     
  7. Brightly Burning
     Vows and Honor
  8. The Oathbound (Vows & Honor #1)
     
  9. Oathbreakers (Vows & Honor #2)
     
  10. Oathblood (Vows & Honor #3)
      
  11. Exile's Honor
      
  12. Take a Thief
      Heralds of Valdemar
      
  13. Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar #1)
      
  14. Arrow's Flight (Heralds of Valdemar #2)
      
  15. Arrow's Fall (Heralds of Valdemar #3)
      Kerowyn's Tale
      
  16. By the Sword
      Mage Winds
      
  17. Winds of Fate (Mage Winds #1)
      
  18. Winds of Change (Mage Winds #2)
      
  19. Winds of Fury (Mage Winds #3)
      Mage Storms
      
  20. Storm Warning (Mage Storms #1)
      
  21. Storm Rising (Mage Storms #2)
      
  22. Storm Breaking (Mage Storms #3)
      
  23. Owlflight
      
  24. Owlsight
      
  25. Owlknight
      
• Lawrence, Mark: Broken Empire series
  
  1. Prince of Thorns
     
• Lloyd, Tom: Twilight Reign series
  
  1. The Stormcaller
     
  2. The Twilight Herald
     
  3. The Grave Thief
     
• Lynn, Elizabeth A.: Dragon series
  
  1. Dragon's Winter
     
  2. Dragon's Treasure
     
• Marks, Laurie: Elemental Logic series
  
  1. Fire Logic
     
  2. Earth Logic
     
• Martin, George R.R.: Song of Ice and Fire series (aka Seven Kingdoms series)
  
  (prequel) The Hedge Knight
  
  1. A Game of Thrones
     
  2. A Clash of Kings
     
  3. A Storm of Swords
     
  4. A Dance with Dragons
     (short story) "The Sworn Sword" appears in Legends II (edited by Robert Silverberg)
     
• McIntosh, Fiona: Quickening series
  
  1. Myrren's Gift
     
  2. Blood and Memory
     
  3. Bridge of Souls
     
• McKillip, Patricia A.: Ombria in Shadow
  
• Michalson, Karen: Enemy Glory series
  
  1. Enemy Glory
     
  2. Hecate's Glory
     
• Modesitt, L.E. Jr.: Imager Portfolio series
  
  1. Imager
     
• Modesitt, L.E. Jr.: Spellsong Cycle
  
  1. The Soprano Sorceress
     
  2. The Spellsong War
     
  3. Darksong Rising
     
  4. The Shadow Sorceress
     
  5. Shadowsinger
     
• Moon, Elizabeth: Paksenarrion series
  
  (prequel) Surrender None
  
  1. Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion #1)
     
  2. Divided Allegiance (The Deed of Paksenarrion #2)
     
  3. Oath of Gold (The Deed of Paksenarrion #3)
     
  4. Liar's Oath
     
  5. Oath of Fealty
     A Paksenarrion short story appears in Lunar Activity and Phases
     (omnibus volume) The Deed of Paksenarrion (contains Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Divided Allegiance, and Oath of Gold)
     (omnibus volume) The Legacy of Gird (contains Surrender None and Liar's Oath)
     
• Morgan, Richard K.: Yhelteth Empire series
  
  1. The Steel Remains
     
• Neason, Rebecca: Aghamore series
  
  1. The Thirteenth Scroll
     
  2. The Truest Power
     
• Norton, Andre & Lackey, Mercedes: Halfblood Chronicles
  
  1. The Elvenbane
     
  2. Elvenblood
     
  3. Elvenborn
     
• Norton, Andre & Miller, Sasha: The Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan series
  
  1. To the King a Daughter
     
  2. Knight or Knave
     
• Palmatier, Joshua: Throne of Amenkor series
  
  1. The Skewed Throne
     
  2. The Cracked Throne
     
  3. The Vacant Throne
     
• Parker, K.J.: Engineer series
  
  1. Devices and Desires
     
• Patton, Fiona: Branion Realm series
  
  1. The Stone Prince
     
  2. The Painter Knight
     
  3. The Granite Shield
     
  4. The Golden Sword
     
• Paxson, Diana L.: Westria series
  
  1. Lady of Light
     
  2. Lady of Darkness
     
  3. Silverhair the Wanderer
     
  4. The Earthstone
     
  5. The Sea Star
     
  6. The Wind Crystal
     
  7. The Jewel of Fire
     
  8. The Golden Hills of Westria
     (omnibus volume) Mistress of the Jewels (contains Lady of Light and Lady of Darkness)
     
• Radford, Irene: The Dragon Nimbus series
  
  1. The Glass Dragon
     
  2. The Perfect Princess
     
  3. The Loneliest Magician
     
• Radford, Irene: The Dragon Nimbus History series
  
  1. The Dragon's Touchstone
     
  2. The Last Battlemage
     
  3. The Renegade Dragon
     
• Rawn, Melanie: Exiles series
  
  1. The Ruins of Ambrai
     
  2. The Mageborn Traitor
     
• Reaves, Michael: Shattered World series
  
  1. The Shattered World
     
  2. The Burning Realm
     
• Redick, Robert V.S.: The Chathrand Voyage series
  
  1. The Red Wolf Conspiracy
     
  2. The Rats and the Ruling Sea
     
• Reimann, Katya: Tielmaran Chronicles
  
  1. Wind From a Foreign Sky
     
  2. A Tremor in the Bitter Earth
     
  3. Prince of Fire and Ashes
     
• Rusch, Kristine Kathryn: The Fey series
  
  1. The Sacrifice
     
  2. The Changeling
     
  3. The Rival
     
  4. The Resistance
     
  5. The Victory
     
• Russell, Sean: Swans' War series
  
  1. The One Kingdom
     
  2. The Isle of Battle
     
  3. The Shadow Roads
     
• Sanderson, Brandon: Mistborn series
  
  1. Mistborn: The Final Empire
     
  2. The Well of Ascension
     
  3. The Hero of Ages
     
• Sanderson, Brandon: Warbreaker
  
• Sebanc, Mark & Anderson, James: Legacy of the Stone Harp series
  
  1. The Stoneholding
     
• Shepherd, Joel: Trial of Blood and Steel series
  
  1. Sasha
     
  2. Petrodor
     
• Sherman, David: Demontech series
  
  1. Onslaught
     
  2. Rally Point
     
  3. Gulf Run
     
• Shinn, Sharon: Twelve Houses series
  
  1. The Thirteenth House
     
  2. Mystic and Rider
     
  3. Dark Moon Defender
     
  4. Reader and Raelynx
     
  5. Fortune and Fate
     (A Twelve Houses novella appears in Quatrain )
     
• Smith, Sherwood: Inda series
  
  1. Inda
     
  2. The Fox
     
• Snyder, Maria V: Ixia series
  
  1. Poison Study
     
  2. Magic Study
     
  3. Fire Study
     
• Springer, Nancy: Vale series
  
  1. The Black Beast
     
  2. The Golden Swan
     
• Stackpole, Michael A.: DragonCrown War Cycle
  
  (prequel) The Dark Glory War
  
  1. Fortress Draconis
     
  2. When Dragons Rule
     
  3. The Grand Crusade
     
• Stross, Charles: Merchant Princes series
  
  1. The Family Trade
     
  2. The Hidden Family
     
  3. The Clan Corporate
     
  4. The Merchants' War
     
  5. The Revolution Business
     
  6. Trade of Queens
     
• Swainston, Steph: Fourlands series
  
  1. The Year of Our War
     
  2. No Present Like Time
     
  3. Dangerous Offspring
     
• Tower, S.D.: The Assassins of Tamurin
  
• Trillium series
  
  1. Black Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, & Andre Norton
     
  2. Blood Trillium by Julian May
     
  3. Golden Trillium by Andre Norton
     
  4. Lady of the Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley
     
• Turtledove, Harry: After the Downfall
  
• Turtledove, Harry: Algarve series
  
  1. Into the Darkness
     
  2. Darkness Descending
     
  3. Through the Darkness
     
  4. Rulers of the Darkness
     
  5. Jaws of Darkness
     
  6. Out of the Darkness
     
• Turtledove, Harry: Sentry Peak
  
• Turtledove, Harry: Videssos series
  
  1. The Misplaced Legion
     
  2. An Emperor of the Legion
     
  3. The Legion of Videssos
     
  4. Swords of the Legion
     Tale of Krispos:
     
  5. Krispos Rising (Tale of Krispos #1)
     
  6. Krispos of Videssos (Tale of Krispos #2)
     
  7. Krispos the Emperor (Tale of Krispos #3)
     Time of Troubles:
  8. The Stolen Throne (Time of Troubles #1)
     
  9. Hammer and Anvil (Time of Troubles #2)
     
  10. The Thousand Cities (Time of Troubles #3)
      
  11. Videssos Besieged (Time of Troubles #4)
      
  12. Bridge of the Separator
      (omnibus volume) The Time of Troubles I (contains The Stolen Throne and Hammer and Anvil)
      (omnibus volume) The Time of Troubles II (contains The Thousand Cities and Videssos Besieged)
      
• Welch, Michelle M.: Five Countries series
  
  1. Confidence Game
     
  2. The Bright and the Dark
     
  3. Chasing Fire
     
• Zelazny, Roger: Amber series
  
  1. Nine Princes in Amber
     
  2. The Guns of Avalon
     
  3. Sign of the Unicorn
     
  4. The Hand of Oberon
     
  5. The Courts of Chaos
     
  6. Trumps of Doom
     
  7. Blood of Amber
     
  8. Sign of Chaos
     
  9. Knight of Shadows
     
  10. Prince of Chaos
      (all 10 titles collected as The Great Book of Amber )
      Prequel Amber Trilogy by John Gregory Betancourt
      
      1. Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber
         
      2. Roger Zelazny's Chaos and Amber
         
• Zettel, Sarah: Isavalta series
  
  1. A Sorcerer's Treason
     
  2. The Usurper's Crown
     
  3. The Firebird's Vengeance
     
  4. Sword of the Devceiver