Fandom Name: Hythrun Chronicles by Jennifer Fallon (book series) Where to find the canon: Available on Kindle and there's been recent new books so they should be accessible in print pretty easily. The most recent release (after Lyre Thief) isn't available in Europe yet though, grr. What I love about it: Jennifer Fallon is one of my absolute favourite Australian fantasy authors, and is a delightfully consistent one at that. When she starts a new series you know they're going to run for 3-4 books and probably be released six months apart, and they're going to have some awesome female characters and interesting worldbuilding.
The Hythrun Chronicles strings together three of those mini-series into a cohesive world. The Medalon trilogy was written first and can be read as a self-contained story that is much more about gods and magic. The Hythrun or Wolfblade trilogy came next (and lead to the overall series name) and is a prequel more focused on political machinations and can also be read alone. Lyre Thief was released last year as the first of the War of the Gods trilogy, and builds off both Medalon and Hythrun/Wolfblade.
This series is largely about strong and complex female characters kicking butt and taking names with a fun side of magic, gods who walk among people and get up to shenanigans, demons, and typical fantasy style politics and warring nations. Worth noting as well, and very indicative of this series and the ways in which it can be subtly clever and unique, is that demons aren't scary bad things here. They're tiny slightly absurd squeaky creatures that want to be friends and love pranks but do still have big scary powers when they want to.
From a content notes perspective, this series contains violence, death, sexual assault, coercion, slavery, and generally doesn't shy away from the potential darker themes of a feudal-style fantasy setting. It's also no Terry Goodkind or Game of Thrones, but if you need more specific information I'm always happy to answer questions.
Hythrun Chronicles - Jennifer Fallon
Where to find the canon: Available on Kindle and there's been recent new books so they should be accessible in print pretty easily. The most recent release (after Lyre Thief) isn't available in Europe yet though, grr.
What I love about it: Jennifer Fallon is one of my absolute favourite Australian fantasy authors, and is a delightfully consistent one at that. When she starts a new series you know they're going to run for 3-4 books and probably be released six months apart, and they're going to have some awesome female characters and interesting worldbuilding.
The Hythrun Chronicles strings together three of those mini-series into a cohesive world. The Medalon trilogy was written first and can be read as a self-contained story that is much more about gods and magic. The Hythrun or Wolfblade trilogy came next (and lead to the overall series name) and is a prequel more focused on political machinations and can also be read alone. Lyre Thief was released last year as the first of the War of the Gods trilogy, and builds off both Medalon and Hythrun/Wolfblade.
This series is largely about strong and complex female characters kicking butt and taking names with a fun side of magic, gods who walk among people and get up to shenanigans, demons, and typical fantasy style politics and warring nations. Worth noting as well, and very indicative of this series and the ways in which it can be subtly clever and unique, is that demons aren't scary bad things here. They're tiny slightly absurd squeaky creatures that want to be friends and love pranks but do still have big scary powers when they want to.
From a content notes perspective, this series contains violence, death, sexual assault, coercion, slavery, and generally doesn't shy away from the potential darker themes of a feudal-style fantasy setting. It's also no Terry Goodkind or Game of Thrones, but if you need more specific information I'm always happy to answer questions.