Fortress Series Reading Order

Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose -- to c… Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose -- to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. that most wonderous of spells, a Shaping. A Shaping in the form of a, young man who will be sent east on the road the old was to old to travel. To right the wrongs of a long-forgotten wizard war, and call new wars into being. Here is the long-awaited major new novel from one of the brightest stars in the fantasy and science fiction firmament.C.J.Cherryh's haunting story of the wizard Mauryl, kingmaker for a thousand years of Men, and Tristen, fated to sow distrust between a prince and his father being. A tale as deep as legend and a intimate as love, it tells of a battle beyond Time, in which all Destiny turns on the wheel of an old man's ambition, a young man's innocence, and the unkept promised of a king to come. read more

At long last, popular author C.J. Cherryh returns to her critically acclaimed High Fantasy saga about the war between li… At long last, popular author C.J. Cherryh returns to her critically acclaimed High Fantasy saga about the war between light and darkness. Sixteen years have passed since the dramatic events of Fortress of Dragons.... King at last, Cefwyn must rebuild his devasted kingdom, aided by his loyal and powerful friend Tristen Sihhe and two unexpected participants: his two young sons. Elfwyn Aswydd, the bastard son of King Cefwyn and the sorceress Tarien Aswydd, has been hidden ever since his birth, but now it is his time to emerge and claim the gifted birthright he's been denied. But a dark, sinister magic has grown close to the young man and taken hold of the kingdom. Nothing is as it seems, and the bonds of family are fragile. It is up to an embattled four--Elwyn, his half brother Aewyn Marhanen, Cefwyn and Tristen--to unmask the dark forces that threaten to unhinge Cefwyn's reign and end the fragile peace. read more