Drew's ambitious reading asked Cinda Williams Chima:

Hi there! I'm making my way through the heir chroincle series and loving it! What series should I read next by you? Because, a friend of mine told me to read the heir chroincle before I read flamecaster? Should I read that sereies next?

Cinda Williams Chima The Heir Chronicles are totally separate from the two series set in the Seven Realms, so one does not rely on the other. Of the Seven Realms series (The Demon King, et al) and The Shattered Realms series (Flamecaster) the series are set in the same world but stand alone. The Seven Realms comes first in time.

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