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What is the The Riftwar Wheel?

The Riftwar Cycle is a huge literary saga composed of multiple series of books authored or co-authored past Raymond E. Feist. It revolves around the fantasy worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan.

On these two planets, there are human magicians and other creatures who are able to create rifts through dimensionless infinite that tin can connect planets in different solar systems. The Riftwar Cycle tells the adventures of various people on these different worlds.

The Riftwar Bike Books in Order:

The Riftwar Bike is composed of multiple series. Here, the books are grouped into their corresponding series, each one ordered by the publishing date of the first novel in the serial. This is the recommended reading order. If you want the publication order, I put it at the finish of this article.

I. The Riftwar Saga

Magician The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Silverthorn The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order A Darkness at Sethanon The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Magician – To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. Merely though his courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry. Still Pug's strange sort of magic would one 24-hour interval change forever the fates of two worlds. This book was also published in two parts as Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master.
  2. Silverthorn – A poisoned bolt has struck downward the Princess Anita on the solar day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor. To salve his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb chosen Silverthorn that merely grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers. Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a clever young thief, he will confront an ancient evil and do battle with the dark powers that threaten the enchanted realm of Midkemia.
  3. A Darkness at Sethanon – An evil wind blows through Midkemia. Dark legions accept risen up to trounce the Kingdom of the Isles and enslave it to dire magics. The final battle betwixt Order and Chaos is abotu to begin in the ruins of the city called Sethanon. Now Pug, the primary magician sometimes known as Milamber, must undertake an awesome and perilous quest to the dawn of fourth dimension to grapple with an ancient and terrible Enemy for the fate of a grand worlds.

II. The Empire Trilogy

The Empire Trilogy (written with Janny Wurts) starts during the events taking place in "Magician" and concludes after "A Darkness at Sethanon".

Daughter of the Empire The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Servant of the Empire The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Mistress of the Empire The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Daughter of the Empire – Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan. Trigger-happy warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni. While in the opulent Imperial courts, assassins and spy-master plot cunning and devious intrigues against the rightful heir. Now Mara, a young, untested Ruling lady, is called upon to lead her people in a heroic struggle for survival. But showtime she must rally an army of rebel warriors, grade a pact with the alien cho-ja, and marry the son of a hated enemy. Merely then can Mara face her most dangerous foe of all—in his own impregnable stronghold.
  2. Retainer of the Empire – Nobody knows how to play the Game of the Council better than Mara of the Acoma. Through bloody political manoeuvring she has become a powerful force within the Empire; only surrounded past deadly rivals, Mara has to exist the best just to stay alive. But Lady Mara must contend with battles on 2 fronts: in the hotbed of intrigue and treachery that is the court of Tsurani; and in her centre, where her affection for a barbarian slave from the enemy world of Midkemia leads her to question the principles past which she lives.
  3. Mistress of the Empire – Welcome to the final play of the game. At present revered as the Servant of the Empire, Mara of the Acoma is in more danger than ever before. Not just does she face up threats from the alliance of assassins and the cunning spies of rival ruling houses, but she has attracted the attention of the crawly Assembly of Magicians, who come across her as a threat to their power. Only Mara has not reached her position through luck or accident of fate. Surrounded on all sides past enemies determined to bring her down, Mara must draw on her deepest resources to secure her place equally Mistress of the Empire once and for all.

III. Krondor's Sons

Fix xx years later on the events in The Riftwar Saga.

Prince of the Blood The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order The King's Buccaneer The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Prince of the Claret – When a group of powerful nobles attempt to overthrow the Empress of Kesh, bitterly dividing the court. In the centre of the disharmonize are the two princes of Krondor, Borric and Erland. Borric escapes and makes a desperate journey back to the court to warn of the traitor's plans — which if they were to succeed, would starting time a war that would twar the Empire apart.
  2. The Male monarch's Buccaneer – Nicholas, the youngest son of Prince Arutha, is intelligent and gifted but vastly inexperienced. In hopes of hardening him, his male parent sends him and his irreverent squire, Harry, to alive at Rustic Castle Crydee to learn of life beyond the halls of privilege. Only inside weeks of Nicholas and Harry's arrival, Crydee is viciously attacked by unknown assailants, resulting in murder, massive destruction, and the abduction of two young noblewomen.

4. The Serpentwar Saga

Shadow of a Dark Queen The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Rise of a Merchant Prince The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Rage of a Demon King The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Shards of a Broken Crown The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Shadow of a Nighttime Queen – Ancient powers are readying themselves for a devastating confrontation, and a dark queen has raised a standard, gathering armies of unmatched might. A band of desperate men are forced into this battleground of expert and evil, and their simply hope for survival is to face this ancient ability and discover its true nature.
  2. Rise of a Merchant Prince – Roo rises to power as a ruthless man of affairs who takes on cutthroat bankers as well as two gorgeous, jealous women, in an adventure gear up in the tumultuous universe chosen Midkemia.
  3. Rage of a Demon King – When the evil Emerald Queen sets canvass for Krondor, a terrible country-and-sea battle ensues, causing a brave trio of magicians to undertake a harrowing journey into the demon earth to seal off the Rift that allows evil to enter Midkemia.
  4. Shards of a Broken Crown – Winter's icy grasp is loosening on the earth. The Emerald Queen's vanquished army has its broken back to the Biting Sea. And treachery is its but recourse. A lackey has declared himself Lord of the defeated, amassing the still fearsome remnants of a ruthless fighting strength together for i final assault on a weakened, vulnerable realm.

V. The Riftwar Legacy

The Riftwar Legacy takes place between The Riftwar Saga and Krondor's Sons.

Krondor: The Betrayal The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Krondor: The Assassins The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Krondor: Tear of the Gods The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Jimmy and the Crawler The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Krondor: The Expose – It is nine years on from the aftermath of Sethanon. There has been peace awhile and it's been needed. But news is feeding through to the people of the Kingdom of the Isles that mortiferous forces are stirring on the horizon. The bringer of the latest tidings is Gorath, a moredhel (nighttime elf). The bloodletting has started. Nighthawks are murdering again.
  2. Krondor: The Assassins – Fresh back from the front, another foe defeated, Prince Arutha arrives to find all is not well in Krondor. A serial of plain random murders has brought an eerie quiet to the city. Where normally the streets are bustling with merchants and tricksters, good life and night life, now there seems to exist a self-imposed curfew at sundown. Mutilated bodies have been turning up in the sewers.
  3. Krondor: Tear of the Gods – A raid upon the high seas signals an attack of unprecedented magnitude past the forces of darkness. For the holiest of holies, the Tear of the Gods has been lost to the Temple of Ishap. After a raid planned by Acquit, i of the most savage pirates to sheet the Bitter Ocean, goes dramatically wrong, the colossal gems sink below the waves.
  4. Jimmy and the Crawler – a novella replacing the cancelled novels Krondor: The Crawler and Krondor: The Dark Mage. In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor a rival gang has sprung upwards to threaten the Upright Human's Mockers. Does the Crawler control the rival gang? Where does his power come from? And does information technology threaten the peace of the Kingdom?

Legends of the Riftwar

The Legends of the Riftwar takes place betwixt Sorcerer and Silverthorn.

Honoured Enemy The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Murder in LaMut The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Jimmy the Hand The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Honoured Enemy – Written with William R. Forstchen. It is 9 long, bloody years into the ongoing Riftwar that is tearing Midkemia disconnected. Having survived a disastrous meet with their sworn enemy, the Tsurani, Dennis Hartraft's cold, hungry, and exhausted Marauders arrive at a frontier garrison—at the same time as a Tsurani patrol. But a more devastating threat resides within the stronghold.
  2. Murder in LaMut – Written with Joel Rosenberg. For twenty years the mercenaries Durine, Kethol, and Pirojil have fought other people's battles. Having already defeated the Tsurani, the Bugs, and the goblins, it seems there are no more enemies for them to shell—even as the Riftwar rages on in the west. What lies alee for the able trio are a few welcomed months of restful garrison duty.
  3. Jimmy the Hand – Written with Southward. M. Stirling. Though gifted beyond his peers, Jimmy is but a pickpocket with potential—until he aids Prince Arutha in the rescue of Princess Anita from Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra, and runs afoul of "Black Guy's" secret police force. Facing a pick between disappearing on his own or in a weighted barrel at the bottom of Krondor's harbor, Jimmy chooses the erstwhile.

Caucus of Shadows

Talon of the Silver Hawk The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order King of Foxes The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Exile's Return The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Talon of the Argent Militarist – Evil has come up to a distant state high amid the snowfall-capped mountains of Midkemia, as anexterminating army wearing the colors of the Duke of Olasko razes village after village, slaughtering men, women, and children without mercy. And when the carnage is washed, only one survivor remains: a young male child named Kieli. A youth no longer, in that location is now simply one road for him to travel: the path of vengeance.
  2. King of Foxes – An exceptionally skilled swordsman, immature Tal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village — rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Caucus of Shadows. Now one of the clandestine guild's mostvaluable agents, he gains archway into the courtroom of Duke Olasko, the bloodthirsty and powerful despot whose armies put Tal's village to the sword, past posing as a nobleman from the distant Kingdom of the Isles.
  3. Exile'south Render – Merciless deserts, forbidding mountains, and vast oceans at present separate the once powerful autocrat from his former seat of power. But there is a larger drama that will entangle the broken dictator. An evil devastating and deadly seeks entrance to the state and Kaspar has inadvertently discovered the key. Suddenly, Midkemia's concluding hope is a disgraced and exiled duke whose history is written in claret.

The Darkwar Saga

Flight of the Nighthawks The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Into a Dark Realm The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Wrath of a Mad God The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Flight of the Nighthawks – A portent of annihilation awakens the powerful sorcerer Pug in the dead of dark—a dread vision warning of a vast and terrible regular army descending upon the exposed heart of Midkemia. Even the formidable might of the Tsurani Empire will not beat dorsum the alien invaders. And in far Stardock town, two boys will be chosen upon by the mysterious Conclave of Shadows to confront a sinister plot that implicates even the highest-ranking nobles in the land.
  2. Into a Nighttime Realm – The dread plot to destroy the Empire of Great Kesh has failed. The Conclave of Shadows has ended the murderous Nighthawk brotherhood's horrific reign of terror and death. But the mad magician, Leso Varen, has fled, taking refuge amongst the nigh powerful men and women on Kelewan. The great sorcerer Pug knows of no power that volition crush these invaders.
  3. Wrath of a Mad God – The Darkwar rages, bringing bleak days of destruction and despair to Midkemia and Kelewan. To salvage both worlds, the powerful sorcerer Pug and select members of the mysterious Conclave of Shadows must journey deep into the dangerous realm of the bloodthirsty Dasati on an adventurous mission that has fiddling, if whatever, chance to succeed.

The Demonwar Saga

Rides a Dread Legion The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order At the Gates of Darkness The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. Rides a Dread Legion – The remnants of the Clan of the Seven Stars are returning to their long abandoned homeworld . . . only not every bit friends. The elves, led past the conjurer Laromendis, flee the relentless demon hordes sweeping through their galaxy—and the conquest of war-weary Midkemia is the Clan's sole hope for survival . . . if the Dread Legion does not pursue them through the rift.
  2. At the Gates of Darkness – Ten years later on the terrible Darkwar finally ended, ending once again threatens to engulf Midkemia and Kelewan, as the demon hordes continue their relentless quest to infiltrate this realm of magic and wonder… To protect their world from the vicious demon hordes,Pug and Midkemia's undercover protectors, the Conclave of Shadows, forged an uneasy alliance of formidable magical talents.

The Chaoswar Saga

A Kingdom Besieged The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order A Crown Imperiled The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order Magician's End The Riftwar Cycle Books in Order

  1. A Kingdom Besieged – Since Pug and the Conclave of Shadows enforced peace later on the last Keshian invasion, the Empire has offered no threat. But now factions are rising and Jim Dasher reports mobilizations of big forces in the Keshian Confederacy. Every bit the men of the W answer the King's call to muster, Martin conDoin will of a sudden be confronted with the vanguard of an invading army.
  2. A Crown Imperiled – War rages in Midkemia. Jim Dasher's usually infallible intelligence network has been dismantled; nowhere is rubber. He feels that the world is coming autonomously at the seams and is helpless to protect his nation. Quiet palace coups are underway in Roldem and Rillanon; and Rex Gregory of the Isles has yet to produce an heir.
  3. Magician's End – Pug, now the greatest magician of all fourth dimension, must chance everything he has fought for and everything he cherishes in the hope of destroying an evil enemy one time and for all. Only to accomplish peace and save untold millions of lives, he will have to pay the ultimate price.

The Riftwar Bicycle Publication Order :

  1. Magician
  2. Silverthorn
  3. A Darkness at Sethanon
  4. Girl of the Empire
  5. Prince of the Blood
  6. Servant of the Empire
  7. Mistress of the Empire
  8. The King's Buccaneer
  9. Shadow of a Night Queen
  10. Rising of a Merchant Prince
  11. Rage of a Demon Male monarch
  12. Shards of a Broken Crown
  13. Krondor: The Betrayal
  14. Krondor: The Assassins
  15. Krondor: Tear of the Gods
  16. Honoured Enemy
  17. Murder in LaMut
  18. Talon of the Silver Hawk
  19. Jimmy the Mitt
  20. King of Foxes
  21. Exile's Return
  22. Flight of the Nighthawks
  23. Into a Dark Realm
  24. Wrath of a Mad God
  25. Rides a Dread Legion
  26. At the Gates of Darkness
  27. A Kingdom Besieged
  28. A Crown Imperiled
  29. Jimmy and the Crawler
  30. Sorcerer's End