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Intro

This reading order is designed to give readers an idea of the sequence of events in which things happened. At several points in the TKG timeline the events of different series happen concurrently, or near concurrently, so to read the books in timeline sequence you may be flitting between different character perspectives from book to book.

The Kurtherian Universe is probably the largest, independently published shared universe out there. Originally developed by Michael Anderle, other authors have joined with their own stories set in the same universe. Therefore, this Kurtherian Universe reading order assembles all of the books in the various series in chronological order.

At one point, the timeline splits into two main continuities, one that takes place in space, called the Age of Expansion. The other takes place in Earth’s far future, the Age of Magic.

Where To Start Reading The Kurtherian Universe

Each series in the Kurtherian Universe is designed to be read separately. However, if you want to start at the beginning, we do recommend Death Becomes Her, the book that started it all. It is also the start of the largest series in the universe, the Kurtherian Gambit series.

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Link to Update Notes

  • 12/02/2019 - added latest books in main.
  • 05/19/2020 - Added a note about books missing from the timeline.
  • 06/19/2021 - Added timeline links and updated books (user:Mboyer247)
  • 10/03/2021 - Updated books
  • 01/25/2022 - Started add off Akio Revelations
  • 05/12/2022 - Added Say My Name
  • 09/30/2022 - Finished aging Age of Magic book pages and updating Reading Order for series no longer connected to Kurtherian Gambit Universe.
  • 02/16/22 - Updated JJE and Lone Wolf
  • 08/28/23 - Updated JJE
  • 12/1/24 - Updated School of Harder Knocks

TIMELINE CONTINUITY

AGE OF EARTH

Age of Earth (First Arc) begins the Kurtherian Gambit Series. The Main Series starts in this timeline. It begins somewhere around 16 years before the World Worst Day Ever (WWDE) and ends around WWDE +150 years

  1. Death Becomes Her (Main Series #1)
  2. Queen Bitch (Main Series #2)
  3. Love Lost (Main Series #3)
  4. Bite This (Main Series #4)
  5. Never Forsaken (Main Series #5)
  6. Under My Heel (Main Series #6)
  7. Kneel or Die (Main Series #7)
  8. We Will Build (Main Series #8)
  9. It's Hell to Choose (Main Series #9)
  10. Release the Dogs of War (Main Series #10)
  11. Sued For Peace (Main Series #11)
  12. We Have Contact (Main Series #12)
  13. My Ride Is A Bitch (Main Series #13) begins 3 year break
  14. Don't Cross This Line (Main Series #14) after 3 year break
  15. Never Submit (Main Series #15) through the gate
  16. Never Surrender (Main Series #16)
  17. Forever Defend (Main Series #17)
  18. Might Makes Right (Main Series #18)
  19. Ahead Full (Main Series #19)
  20. Capture Death (Main Series #20)
  21. Life Goes On (Main Series #21)' Age of Earth ends here and Age of Expansion starts here.

AGE OF EXPANSION

Ages of Madness/Magic

These books have little to no interaction with Age of Expansion, and can be read at any point after Life Goes On. For this reason, a separate reading list is best for these Ages. Also, the specified continuity does not quite fit, as the age is specifically starting in Liberation's author's notes, while Madness Unleashed starts WWDE+200, meaning that at least 40 years are missing.

Age of Madness

  1. Madness Unleashed (Live Free or Die #1) - WWDE+200 years
  2. Madness Rising (Live Free or Die #2)
  3. Escaping Madness (Live Free or Die #3) - days after book 1
  4. The Line Unbroken (Birth of Magic #1) - WWDE+210 years
  5. Walk The Line (Birth of Magic #2) -WWDE +214 years
  6. Dawn of Chaos (The Caitlin Chronicles #1)
  7. Into the Fire (The Caitlin Chronicles #2)
  8. Hunting the Broken (The Caitlin Chronicles #3)
  9. The City Revolts (The Caitlin Chronicles #4)
  10. Chasing the Cure (The Caitlin Chronicles #5)
  11. End of the Line (Birth of Magic #3) WWDE + 235 years

Age of Magic

Several of these stories appear to occur somewhat concurrently, with little to no connection due to large distances.

  1. Restriction (Rise of Magic #) - 40-50 years after the end of the Age of Madness
  2. Reawakening (Rise of Magic #2)
  3. Rebellion (Rise of Magic #3)
  4. Revolution (Rise of Magic #4)
  5. The Arcadian Druid (Tales of the Feisty Druid #1)
  6. The Undying Illusionist (Tales of the Feisty Druid #2)
  7. Dawn of Destiny (A New Dawn #1)
  8. Dawn of Darkness (A New Dawn #2)
  9. The Frozen Wasteland (Tales of the Feisty Druid #3)
  10. The Deceiver (Tales of the Feisty Druid #4)
  11. Rouge Mage (Path of Heroes #1)
  12. Dawn of Deliverance (A New Dawn #3)
  13. The Lost (Tales of the Feisty Druid #5)
  14. The Damned (Tales of the Feisty Druid #6)
  15. Unlawful Passage (Rise of Magic #5)
  16. Darkness Rises (Rise of Magic #6)
  17. Dawn of Days (A New Dawn #4)
  18. Into the Maelstrom (Tales of the Feisty Druid #7)
  19. Broken Skies (A New Dawn #5)
  20. The Gods Beneath (Rise of Magic #7)
  21. Reborn (Rise of Magic #8)
  22. Broken Bones (A New Dawn #6)
  23. Shades of Light (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #1)
  24. Storm Raiders (Storms of Magic #1)
  25. Shades of Dark (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #2)
  26. Storm Callers (Storms of Magic #2)
  27. Trading into Shadow (Magic Below Paris #1)
  28. Trading into Darkness (Magic Below Paris #2)
  29. Trading Close to Light (Magic Below Paris #3)
  30. The Dark Mage (Hand of Justice #1)
  31. Chasing Magic (Hand of Justice #2)
  32. Shades of Glory (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #3)
  33. Shades of Justice (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #4)
  34. Storm Breakers (Storms of Magic #3)
  35. Storm Warrior (Storms of Magic #4)
  36. Magic Rising (Hand of Justice #3)
  37. Magic Unchained (Hand of Justice #4)
  38. Trading by Firelight (Magic Below Paris #4)
  39. Trading by Shroomlight (Magic Below Paris #5)
  40. Resistance to Magic (Sariah Chronicles #1)
  41. Betrayal of Magic (Sariah Chronicles #2)
  42. Trading into Daylight (Magic Below Paris #6)
  43. Legend of the Ancients (Tales of the Feisty Druid #8)
  44. Solyrian Conspiracy (Rise of Magic #9)
  45. Trading by Stormlight (Magic Below Paris #7)
  46. Survival by Magic (Sariah Chronicles #3)
  47. Triumph Through Magic (Sariah Chronicles #4)
  48. Trading to the Deeps (Magic Below Paris #8)

Tales of the Wellspring Knight was originally in the Kurtherian Universe but was pulled from LMB and is not considered canon.

Update Notes

A framework is being produced for each of the books, please feel free to update as needed.

In June of 2022 the sequence of the books were changed to match the sequence in the LMB official list. Many of books were already in sequence and some series run concurrently so let the coin toss of which to list first left to the publisher.

Within each book is a section titled Continuity - please leave any rationale for a book being in the position it is.

For more info on upcoming changes please read Update Plans

From Catwomanshusband, "Next" and "Previous" on the individual book pages have been changed to show the both the books in the series and in the age (labeled Era) that are "Next" and "Previous" for accommodate both the straight series readers and the sequence through the age readers.

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