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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 · 43013 Ratings · 2652 Reviews · published 2013 · 23 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     · 6399 Ratings · 407 Reviews · published 2011 · 13 editions
    Eleven years before they were framed for the murde…

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    Book 2

    The Rose and the Thorn
    by
    4.40     · 30624 Ratings · 1630 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     · 1468 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     · 6655 Ratings · 522 Reviews · published 2014 · 9 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     · 4268 Ratings · 368 Reviews · published 2015 · 8 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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    4.38     · 20962 Ratings · 1574 Reviews · published 2015 · 27 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     · 13321 Ratings · 1059 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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    4.37     · 3722 Ratings · 363 Reviews · published 2024 · 10 editions
     
    HE PLANNED TO OBLITERATE AN ENTIRE CITY. HE THOUG…

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    Book 5.5

    The Thieves
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    4.54     · 551 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     · 76935 Ratings · 5723 Reviews · published 2011 · 39 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     · 56982 Ratings · 2636 Reviews · published 2010 · 44 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     · 54952 Ratings · 3287 Reviews · published 2012 · 38 editions
    An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found he…

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