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Riyria Series

8 primary works • 13 total works


These are the debut books of New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today best-sellling author Michael J. Sullivan. While it starts out as a simple tale of the rogues-for-hire enterprise known as Riyria, the tale turns epic and could result in the destruction of the world of Elan. In the first book Hadrian Blackwater, an mercenary and Royce Melbo…

Book 1

The Crown Tower
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4.33 · 44080 Ratings · 2744 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
TWO MEN WHO HATE EACH OTHER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE MISSIO…

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    Book 1.5

    The Viscount and the Witch
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    4.23     · 6527 Ratings · 410 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition
    Eleven years before they were framed for the murde…

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    Book 2

    The Rose and the Thorn
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    4.40     · 31490 Ratings · 1684 Reviews · published 2013 · 33 editions
    TWO THIEVES WANT ANSWERS. RIYRIA IS BORN.

    For more …

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    Book 1-2

    Blood of Thieves
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    4.69     · 1511 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    Discover how the Riyria Revelations began! BLOOD O…

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    Book 2.5

    The Jester
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    3.94     · 6778 Ratings · 529 Reviews · published 2014 · 6 editions
    WHO WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH?
    Stop me if you’ve hea…

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    Book 2.6

    Professional Integrity
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    4.19     · 4377 Ratings · 374 Reviews · published 2015 · 6 editions
    One of the genre's favorite pairs returns in a cla…

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    Book 3

    The Death of Dulgath
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    4.37     · 21705 Ratings · 1624 Reviews · published 2015 · 29 editions
    Three times they tried to kill her. Then a profess…

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    Book 4

    The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
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    4.40     · 13970 Ratings · 1101 Reviews · published 2017 · 22 editions
    A daughter vanishes. Two rogues are paid a fortune…

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    Book 5

    Drumindor
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    4.36     · 4419 Ratings · 425 Reviews · published 2024 · 1 edition
     
    HE PLANNED TO OBLITERATE AN ENTIRE CITY. HE THOUG…

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    Book 5.5

    The Thieves
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    4.54     · 572 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition
    THEY ATTACKED TWO RIDERS. THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE…

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    Book 6-7

    Theft of Swords
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    4.23     · 79036 Ratings · 5923 Reviews · published 2011 · 40 editions
    Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary …

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    Book 8-9

    Rise of Empire
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    4.36     · 58412 Ratings · 2756 Reviews · published 2010 · 12 editions
    A PUPPET IS CROWNED. THE TRUE HEIR REMAINS HIDDEN.…

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    Book 10-11

    Heir of Novron
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    4.51     · 56303 Ratings · 3399 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
    An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found he…

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