Raymond E. Feist

Kitchen-boy Pug of Crydee becomes the most powerful magician of his age as a rift opens and the alien Tsurani invade. His foster-brother Tomas dons Valheru armor. Foundation of everything.

Arutha's betrothed is poisoned by a moredhel crossbow bolt. Arutha and Jimmy the Hand quest north for the mystical silverthorn plant, uncovering prophet Murmandamus's plot.

Murmandamus marshals the Dark Brotherhood to seize the Lifestone at Sethanon. Climactic battle as Pug, Tomas, and Arutha confront the returning Valheru. Closes the foundational arc.

On Kelewan, teenage Mara becomes Ruling Lady of the Acoma after her father and brother die in the Riftwar. She must outmaneuver rival Great Houses in the deadly Game of the Council.

Mara's power grows as she buys a Midkemian slave, Kevin, and challenges Tsurani tradition, feuding with the murderous Lord of the Minwanabi. HOMer Award winner.

Mara challenges the Assembly of Magicians and the entire Tsuranuanni social order, risking everything. Conclusion of the Kelewan storyline.

Dark contemporary fantasy/horror. A family relocates to a rural New York farmhouse and becomes ensnared in a war with malevolent Faerie folk. Feist's only non-Midkemia standalone.

Erik von Darkmoor and Roo Avery are pressed into a special mission to spy on the Emerald Queen's gathering army on the continent of Novindus.

Roo Avery claws his way from pauper to commercial magnate in Krondor while the Emerald Queen's invasion looms.

The Emerald Queen's demon-driven host assaults the Kingdom. Pug, Tomas, and Calis lead the defense. Publisher shifts from Morrow to Avon.

With the Western Realm in ruins after the invasion, survivors fight to reclaim Krondor and rebuild. Closes the Serpentwar.

Twin sons of Arutha travel to Kesh for the Empress's jubilee; Borric is kidnapped and a conspiracy threatens war.

Nicholas pursues raiders who sacked Crydee across the sea to Novindus, setting up the Serpentwar threat.

Novelization of the game Betrayal at Krondor. Jimmy the Hand, Owyn, and renegade moredhel Gorath uncover a conspiracy threatening Krondor.

Prince Arutha and his allies investigate a series of assassinations in Krondor while Mockers and the Brotherhood of Assassins clash in the shadows below the city.

Jimmy races to recover the stolen Tear of the Gods from a powerful necromancer. Novelization of Return to Krondor.

All three Legends books: UK HC is the true global first for all three. US firsts = trade pb only. BCA book-club HCs exist — check catalog number on copyright page. Co-authors: William R. Forstchen (Honoured Enemy), Joel Rosenberg (Murder in LaMut), S. M. Stirling (Jimmy the Hand).

UK HC true first for all three. Orphan Talon seeks revenge for the destruction of his village; rises through the Conclave of Shadows. UK cover = Martin McKenna (books 1-2) / Dominic Forbes (book 3). NOT Geoff Taylor.

Kaspar of Olasko — former Duke and villain of Conclave of Shadows — is dispatched by Pug to infiltrate the Nighthawks as penance. Pug and the Conclave battle a threat from a realm of pure darkness beyond the rifts. UK HC is the true global first for all three.

The demon realm begins encroaching on Midkemia as Pug and the Conclave mobilize against an unprecedented threat. A demonic host riding nightmare creatures threatens the balance of worlds.

The Kingdom faces a two-front crisis: civil war as lords compete for the crown, and demonic forces massing on the borders. Martin conDoin must hold the frontier while Pug pursues a cosmic threat.

Civil war and a contested succession push the Kingdom toward collapse.

Grand conclusion of the 31-year Riftwar Cycle. Succession war resolves and the Valheru/Lifestone mythology is settled for good.

NEW WORLD. Set on Garn, entirely separate from Midkemia. Five kingdoms betray Ithrace, the Kingdom of Flames. Orphaned sons Hatushaly (Hatu) and Declan find their lives intertwined with the survival of the Firemane bloodline. Complete trilogy.