The Demonwar Saga

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The Demonwar Saga
Rides a Dread Legion
At the Gates of Darkness
Author Raymond E. Feist
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy
Publisher HarperCollins
Published2009-2010
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Preceded by The Darkwar Saga
Followed by The Chaoswar Saga

The Demonwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Raymond E. Feist.

A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher.

Fantasy Genre of literature, film, television and other artforms

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became literature and drama. From the twentieth century it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga and video games.

Raymond E. Feist American novelist

Raymond E. Feist is an American fantasy fiction author who wrote The Riftwar Cycle, a series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies.

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Concept

In the fantasy novels of Feist, a "riftwar" is war between two worlds that are connected by some sort of dimensionless gap (a "rift"). In Feist's fictional universe several riftwars occur. The first riftwar, between Midkemia and Kelewan, takes place in the trilogy The Riftwar Saga . Feist has confirmed [1] that there will be five riftwars in total. The Demonwar will be followed by the Chaoswar.

Midkemia is a fictional world created by a fantasy role-playing group and popularized by Raymond E. Feist, and where most of his Riftwar books take place. Only the Empire Trilogy, which was co-written with Janny Wurts, takes place entirely on Kelewan, another world connected to Midkemia by magically created rifts in space.

Kelewan is one of the fictional worlds described by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. Kelewan was first described in his novel Magician though it is not described in any detail before the Empire Trilogy.

The Riftwar Saga series of fantasy novels by Raymond E. Feist

The Riftwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Raymond E. Feist, the first series in The Riftwar Cycle.

Works in the series

Rides a Dread Legion (2009)

At the Gates of Darkness (2010)

Notes

  1. SFX Magazine #150 feature, December 2006

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