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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 · 17764 Ratings · 1045 Reviews · published 1998 · 46 editions
Crispin is a mosaicist, a layer of bright tiles. S…

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    Book 2

    Lord of Emperors
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    4.31     · 14778 Ratings · 756 Reviews · published 2000 · 44 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     · 10172 Ratings · 713 Reviews · published 2004 · 1 edition
    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     · 28726 Ratings · 2553 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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    4.19     · 8866 Ratings · 1288 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     · 5161 Ratings · 712 Reviews · published 2022 · 21 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     · 8556 Ratings · 1179 Reviews · published 2016 · 28 editions
    The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novel…

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    Book 8

    Written on the Dark
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    4.02     · 3435 Ratings · 595 Reviews · published 2025 · 12 editions
    From the internationally bestselling author of Tig…

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