Books like “Blood Song”

What to read after “Blood Song” by Anthony Ryan: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
Malice
John Gwynne · 2012
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Coming of Age
The Banished Lands have known peace for years, but old rivalries are waking. Corban, son of a village lord, dreams of becoming a warrior; far away, a princess and a giant's son are caught up in the schemes of kings. A prophecy of the Bright Star and the Black Sun begins to unfold.
2
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson · 2010
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Found Family
On a storm-scoured world, a slave carries ancient honours, a scholar chases forbidden knowledge and a soldier guards a war that never ends. Their paths bend toward a returning danger few believe is real.
3
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb · 1995
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Coming of Age
Fitz is the unacknowledged bastard son of a prince, raised in the shadows of the royal court. Trained secretly as an assassin and bonded to a wolf through the forbidden Wit, he must decide where his loyalty lies as the kingdom's politics turn treacherous.
4
The Jasmine Throne
Tasha Suri · 2021
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
Priya has spent years hiding her power in a temple, tending the gardens that hold the prisoner princess Malini, who is held by her own brother the emperor. When the empire's plans threaten them both, the two women must choose between safety and an uprising that could remake Parijatdvipa.
5
Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Coming of Age
Garion grows up on a quiet Sendarian farm, unaware of the forces watching him. When a mysterious storyteller and a royal sorceress arrive, he is drawn into a search for a stolen artefact, travelling with a company that hides its true purpose from him. The old prophecy of the Belgariad has begun to move.
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The Shadow of What Was Lost
James Islington · 2014
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Coming of Age
Davian is an Augur, born with powers forbidden since the old war. When the laws of the Venerate turn against him, he flees with his friends in search of the man who might explain why the Augurs fell. What he finds tests everything he was taught to believe.
7
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman · 1984
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Found Family
After five years apart, old friends meet again at the Inn of the Last Home as war spreads across Krynn. A plain staff, a cleric without faith and rumours of dragons pull them into a quest to recover the Disks of Mishakal, the lost teachings of the true gods, and to stand against the Dragon Highlords.
8
The Shadow of the Gods
John Gwynne · 2021
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Found Family
After the gods fell, their monstrous children and the warlike humans left behind inherited a harsh land. A thrall seeking freedom, a huntress avenging her family and a noblewoman with a company of mercenaries are drawn into a new age of blood and gods.
9
The Sword of Shannara
Terry Brooks · 1977
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
Shea Ohmsford lives a quiet life in the Shady Vale until the druid Allanon arrives with a warning: the Warlock Lord has returned, and only a descendant of the Shannara line can stop him. Shea sets out with a small band of companions to find the Sword of Shannara, the one weapon said to be able to destroy the Warlock Lord, before the Northland armies reach the Southland.
10
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip · 1976
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
Morgon, prince of the island of Hed, won a riddle contest against a ghost and now wears three stars on his forehead. When shape-shifters attack and the High One's realm begins to stir, he leaves his farm behind to seek answers about the fate that binds him to a land he has never seen.
11
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin · 2010
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
Yeine Darr is summoned from her northern homeland to the city of Sky, where she is named an heir to the Arameri throne after her mother's death. As she learns the rules of a court that keeps gods as servants, she finds that the contest for the succession is also a trap.
12
The Court of Broken Knives
Anna Smith Spark · 2017
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
In the dying empire of Sorlost, a ragged company of mercenaries is hired to kill the emperor. Among them is Marith, a young man hiding a noble name and a hunger for violence he cannot master. Their conspiracy drags the ancient city toward blood and fire.