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Sarantine Universe Series

8 primary works • 8 total works
A series of historical-fantasy novels that share the same broad fictional world. Lord of Emperors is a direct sequel to Sailing to Sarantium, together known as The Sarantine Mosaic duology. The rest are stand-alone novels set in different eras within the same world.

Book 1

Sailing to Sarantium
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4.20 · 17377 Ratings · 998 Reviews · published 1998 · 1 edition
Crispin is a mosaicist, a layer of bright tiles. S…

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    Book 2

    Lord of Emperors
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    4.30     · 14541 Ratings · 717 Reviews · published 2000 · 2 editions
    The Thrilling Sequel To Sailing To Sarantium

    Beckon…

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    Book 3

    The Last Light of the Sun
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    3.98     · 10037 Ratings · 695 Reviews · published 2004 · 40 editions
    In his eagerly awaited new novel, Guy Gavriel Kay …

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    Book 4

    The Lions of Al-Rassan
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    4.30     · 27524 Ratings · 2367 Reviews · published 1995 · 43 editions
    The ruling Asharites of Al-Rassan have come from t…

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    Book 5

    A Brightness Long Ago
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    4.18     · 8653 Ratings · 1255 Reviews · published 2019 · 28 editions
    In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways o…

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    Book 6

    All the Seas of the World
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    4.17     · 5010 Ratings · 693 Reviews · published 2022 · 22 editions
    Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked n…

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    Book 7

    Children of Earth and Sky
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    4.16     · 8393 Ratings · 1152 Reviews · published 2016 · 6 editions
    The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novel…

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    Book 8

    Written on the Dark
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    4.02     · 3098 Ratings · 545 Reviews · published 2025 · 11 editions
    From the internationally bestselling author of Tig…

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